Clodion (Claude Michel)
The Nest-Robbers (Les Dénicheurs)

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Artist Clodion (Claude Michel) (French, 1738–1814)French, 1738–1814

CultureFrench

Titles

The Nest-Robbers (Les Dénicheurs)

Datec. 1780–1790

PlaceFrance

MediumTerracotta

Dimensions12 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 3 in. (31.1 × 16.5 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.576

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Special Collections

Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

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ProvenanceCount Anatoly or Anatoli (called Anatole) Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato (1813 – 1870), San Donato Palace, Florence; Mr. Mannheim; [ Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc.], New York; Percy S. Straus, acquired November 17, 1936; bequeathed to the MFAH, 1944.

Exhibition History"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed on tree trunk: Clodion

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