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Little Boy Puffing at a Toy Windmill
Little Boy Puffing at a Toy Windmill

Little Boy Puffing at a Toy Windmill

Donatello (Italian, 1386–1466)
Pasqualino da Montepulciano (Italian, about 1460)
about 1450–1500
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsHeight: 28.8 cm (11 1/3 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Alexis Gregory
Accession number2021.1078
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBetween about 1954 and 1973, sold by Alfred Spero (dealer; b. 1886 - d. 1973), London to Cyril Humphris, London [see note]; January 11, 1995, Humphris sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 101, to Alexis Gregory (b. 1936 - d. 2020), New York; 2021, bequest of Alexis Gregory to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 30, 2021)

NOTE: Humphris, a dealer, worked with Alfred Spero beginning in 1954. The 1995 sale was of his personal collection.
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