About This Artwork

Aimé-Jules Dalou
French, 1838-1902

Science, c. 1886

Wax
26.4 x 23 x 15.2 cm (10 3/8 x 9 x 6 in.)
Restricted gift of the Old Masters Society, 1984.15

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Maurice Dreyfous, Dalou: sa vie et son oeuvre (Paris: H. Laurens, 1903), pp. 212–16.

Henriette Caillaux, Dalou-l’homme-l’oeuvre (Paris, 1935), pp. 53–56, 137–38.

John M. Hunisak, The Sculptor Jules Dalou: Studies in His Style and Imagery (New York: Garland Publishing, 1977), pp. 260–70, fig. 113A.

Dalou Inédit (Paris: Galerie Delestre, 1978), p. 13.

Ownership History

A. A. Hébrard, Paris, before 1978. Galerie Delestre, Paris, by 1978; sold to the Art Institute, 1983; accessioned by the Art Institute, 1984.