# The Surprise

- By: Clodion (French, 1738 - 1814)
- Date: 1799
- Medium: terracotta
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: overall (with self-base): 36.8 x 26 x 18.7 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Gift of Irma I. Straus in memory of her husband, Jesse Isidor Straus
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.3157.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/722c179f-dfe7-4820-8c30-1ddddc25e391/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)