Model for a Proposed Monument to Commemorate the Invention of the Balloon
Object type: Model
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Clodion (Claude Michel)
Artist bio: French, Nancy 1738–1814 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1784
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 43 1/8 x 24 3/4 x 20 3/8 in. (109.5 x 62.9 x 51.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Anonymous Gift, 1944
Accession year: 1944
Tags: Putti|Hot Air Balloons