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Catalogue of paintings and sculpture in the collection of Charles T. Yerkes, esq., New York (1904)

Yerkes, Charles Tyson, 1837-1905 · [Boston, A.W. Elson] · leaf 352

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Bacchante displays temptingly to the childs gaze by holdingit up at arms length. A smile is on the features of the Bacchante. This isone of two figures modeled by the artist, one of which was presented to theBoston Public Library, only to be refused by the Board of Trustees. Eitherthat one or the… … [ No. 85 ] JEAN ANTOINE HOUDONf renclj School Born at Versailles, March 20, 1741 ; died at Paris, July 15, 1828. He entered theAcademy untutored, and at the age of nineteen he received first prize for sculpture.After studying ten years in Italy he returned to Paris, and was admitted to the…

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