Portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin ( Caffieri-Unlocated) Portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin (after Caffiéri) Portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin (after Caffiéri) Portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin (Caffiéri - NYHS) Portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin (Caffiéri - Royal Soc. of Arts) Portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin (Caffieri - AKM/HSP) Benjamin Franklin: Un Américain à Paris (Paris: Paris Musées for Musée Carnavalet, 2007), p. 189-190, illus. (cat.238) According to Sellers (p.199), this bust is on a list of his works prepared by Caffiéri in 1778, probably for presentation to the govenment official responsible for the purchase of art. This bust was in their possession in 1780; in 1792 it was sent to the Hôtel de Nesle, and in 1796 to its present owner, the Bibliothèque Mazarine. |
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