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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) by Jean Jacques Caffieri, Unknown, Hiram Powers — VisualArtsDB

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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Jean Jacques Caffieri Unknown Hiram Powers

1777

Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 65.41 x 50.8 x 29.21 cm (25 3/4 x 20 x 11 1/2 in.) base: 12.7 cm (5 in.) column: 102.87 x 37.47 x 37.47 cm (40 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Genre: Sculpture
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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One of several marble copies derived from the original terracotta bust by Jean-Jacques Caffieri from 1777, currently in the Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris.

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