About This Artwork
Jan Jozeph Jaquet
Belgian, 1822-1898
Sauterelle (Grasshopper)1857
Bronze, thin brown patina
H. 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Inscribed on back: J.J.Jaquet 1857; Foundry medallion inset on back: Cormann & Cie/Bruxelles Berman 1803
Gift of John N. Stern, 1993.401
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Oberlin, OH, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, "Ecole to Deco: Small Sculptures from a Private Collection," 8 May – 2 September 1979, cat. 2.
Publication History
Harold Berman, Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders, 1800–1930 (Chicago: Abage Publishers, 1976), fig. 1803 (ill.).
Cor Engelen, Beeldhouwkunst in België: vanaf 1830 (Leuven: Algemeen Rijksarchief, 2002), pp. 949–51, (ill.).
For comparison, see:
Cor Engelen and Mieke Marx, Archief in beeld: tentoonstelling, Algemeen Rijksarchief Brussel (Brussel: Algemeen Rijksarchief, 2002), pp. 190–193 (ill.). [Two busts similar to ours signed J.J. Jaquet]
Ownership History
Shepherd Gallery, New York, before 1979; sold to John N. Stern, Winnetka, Illinois, by 1979; given to the Art Institute, 1993.