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Pierre Legros II
Saint Thomas1703-1704

Not on view
Terracotta sculpture of a bearded robed man with arm raised, standing over a small winged child beside an open book, warm peanut-brown surface with deeply modeled drapery
Terracotta sculpture of a bearded elderly man in flowing robes, one arm raised, holding an open book; a small winged putto crouches at his side near a carved relief panel, with dynamic drapery and expressive Baroque modeling.
Terracotta bozzetto of a bearded elder in billowing robes, holding an open book and leaning against a rectangular plinth, with two putti grasping his drapery at the base; finely modeled surface with expressive, sketch-like detailing.

Pierre Legros II, Saint Thomas, 1703-1704, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by William Randolph Hearst by exchange, The Ahmanson Foundation, Chandis Securities Company, B. Gerald Cantor, Camilla Chandler Frost, Anna Bing Arnold, an anonymous donor, and Duveen Brothers, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Sicard, Colonel and Mrs. George J. Dennis, and Julia Off by exchange, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Pierre Legros II
France, Paris, 1666-1719, active Italy, Rome
Title
Saint Thomas
Place Made
France
Date Made
1703-1704
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
27 3/8 × 18 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (69.53 × 46.99 × 27.31 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by William Randolph Hearst by exchange, The Ahmanson Foundation, Chandis Securities Company, B. Gerald Cantor, Camilla Chandler Frost, Anna Bing Arnold, an anonymous donor, and Duveen Brothers, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Sicard, Colonel and Mrs. George J. Dennis, and Julia Off by exchange
Accession Number
84.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance
[Cyril Humphris, London, sold 1984 to];LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.

  • Conisbee, Philip et al. The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.


  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.