Guardian Angel: Study For The Monument Commemorating Queen Victoria's Grandchildren

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Object Details

Artist
Jules Dalou, French, b. Paris, 1838–1902
Date
(1876-1878/cast after 1902)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
20 5/8 X 10 1/2 X 10 3/8 IN. (INCL. BASE) (52.3 X 26.7 X 26.3 CM.)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1978
Accession Number
78.119

Cast by A. A. Hebrard, Paris, ca. 1905, for sale by the Orphanage of the Arts, Paris
Victor Spark Gallery, New York, to November 1978
Museum Purchase, 1978
FINE ARTS PROGRAM, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC. "Beaux-Arts to Moderne," 22 June-13 August 1993, cat. no. 23, p. 17.

Signature
Incised At Bottom On R Side: Dalou
Inscriptions
Not DatedNo Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Alternate Title
L'Ange Gardien
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