Buste_Buffon_Bibliotheque_Sainte-Genevieve.jpg

Summary

Artist



Description	French sculptor and medalist
Date of birth/death	20 March 1741	15 July 1828
Location of birth/death	Versailles	Paris
Work location	Rome (1764–1768); Paris (1776)
Authority file	: Q318741 VIAF : 59182549 ISNI : 0000000081382274 ULAN : 500003939 LCCN : n79008240 WGA : h/houdon WorldCat

Description

English: Bust of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon .

Français : Buste du naturaliste française Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon .

Date

late 18 ^th century

Medium

Collection

Sainte-Geneviève Library

	Native name	Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 50′ 49.5″ N, 2° 20′ 45″ E
	Established	1811
	Website	bsg.univ-paris1.fr
	Authority file	: Q517249 VIAF : 172322457 ISNI : 000000012376268X GND : 1022123-2 SELIBR : 344771 SUDOC : 031381006

Current location

English: President's office

Français : bureau du directeur

References

This object is classé Monument Historique in the base Palissy , database of the French furniture patrimony of the French ministry of culture , under the reference PM75001615 .

Source/Photographer

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