Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

George Washington's Life Mask

Jean Antoine Houdon
1741-1828,
George Washington's Life Mask
Plaster.
12 1/2 inches (318 mm); from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head
AZ151
Provenance
Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), Rome and Paris; his sale, Paris, 1828; purchased by Robert Walsh (1784-1859), Philadelphia (before 1837); by gift or purchase to John Struthers (1786-1851), Philadelphia; Ferdinand Pettrich (1798-1872), Philadelphia and Washington D.C. (1835-1843 ), later Brazil (c. 1843-1858) and Rome (1858-1872); purchased from Pettrich's widow, ca. 1872 by William Wetmore Story (1819-1895), Rome; by descent to his son, Waldo Story (1855-1915); from whom purchased before 1913 by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York; by descent, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Classification
Department