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Madame du Barry (1743–1793)
Madame du Barry (1743–1793)
Madame du Barry (1743–1793)
Madame du Barry (1743–1793)
Madame du Barry (1743–1793)
Madame du Barry (1743–1793)
Madame du Barry (1743–1793)
Madame du Barry (1743–1793)

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The attribution and dating have been the subject of discussion, see Tim Forest’s ‘A bust of Madame du Barry’ Apollo, July 1990, p. 51, and letter by Bernard Black, Apollo, October 1990, p. 289. Another version was sold at Christie’s, South Kensington, ’The Art of Design: The Lex Aitken and Alfredo Bouret Gonzalez Collection, Sydney and Sibyl Colefax and John Fowler, 39 Brook Street, Mayfair’ 4th June 2014, lot 111 (as nineteenth century).

The Bowes Museum

Barnard Castle

Title

Madame du Barry (1743–1793)

Date

c.1770

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 69 x W 50 x D 28 cm

Accession number

1993.2

Acquisition method

gift from Mr Garfield Westton

Work type

Bust

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