About the Artwork
Horloge de Cheminée
between 1786 and 1789
Hippolyte Lapret
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French
Unknown
Marble, gilt bronze, enamel
Overall: 23 1/2 × 19 × 9 inches (59.7 × 48.3 × 22.9 cm)
Timepieces
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Cristina and Henry Ford II
73.271
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
May 25, 1968, sold by (Parke-Bernet, New York, New York, USA) no. 16
1968, purchased by Cristina Vettore Ford and Henry Ford II
1973-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hippolyte Lapret, Horloge de Cheminée, between 1786 and 1789, marble, gilt bronze, enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Cristina and Henry Ford II, 73.271.
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