About This Artwork

Jan Jozeph Jaquet
Belgian, 1822-1898

Mascarade, 1857

Bronze, thin brown patina
H. 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Inscribed on back: J.J.Jaquet 1857, Foundry medallion inset on back:Corman & Cie/Bruxelles Berman 1804
Gift of John N. Stern, 1993.402

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. 3.

Publication History

Harold Berman, Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders, 1800–1930 (Chicago: Abage Publishers, 1976), fig. 1804 (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.