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

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
Not on view

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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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The Nest-Robbers (Les Dénicheurs)
Clodion (Claude Michel)
c. 1780–1790
Terracotta
44.577
The Nest-Robbers
Clodion (Claude Michel)
c. 1780-90
Terracotta
44.576-.577
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Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
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A Female Saint, probably Saint Catherine of Alexandria
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Model after Michelangelo’s "Day"
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Unglazed terracotta
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