About This Artwork

François Duquesnoy
Flemish, 1597-1643

Bust of Jesus as a Youth, 1620/43, 18th century addition

Gilt bronze
12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Charles H. Boissevain in memory of Henry C. Dangler, 1938.245

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Julius V. Schlosser, Werke der Kleinplastik in der Skulpturensammlung des A.H. Kaiserhauses (Wien: A. Schroll, 1910), no. 3.

Leo Planiscig, Die Bronzeplasticien: Statuetten, Reliefs, Geräte und Plaketten (Wien: A. Schroll, 1924), p. 214.

Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbig, Die Sammlung Oscar Huldschinsky (Berlin, 1928), no. 103.

Mariette Fransolet, François du Quesnoy: Sculpteur d’Urbain VIII 1597–1643 (Bruxelles, 1941), p. 229, pl. XXIIIa.

Ownership History

Mrs. Charles H. Boissevain, before 1938; sold to the Art Institute, 1938.