Figure of a Mourner

Figure of a Mourner

Public Domain

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Figure of a Mourner
Dateprobably c. 1830–1860
PlaceFrance
MediumAlabaster, mottled
DimensionsHeight: 17 1/8 in. (43.4975 cm)
Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
Object number44.580
Not on view

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Department
Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceStated to come from the Church of Saint Anne, Apt, France; purchased by Percy S. Straus from Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc., New York, July 15, 1929]; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
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