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Toad Croaking
Toad Croaking

Toad Croaking

early 16th century
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsOverall: 7.6 x 12.7 x 13.3 cm (3 x 5 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Alexis Gregory
Accession number2021.1083
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1933, Luigi Grassi (b. 1858 - d. 1937), Florence [see note 1]; 1937, by inheritance to his sons, Arturo Grassi (b. 1899 - d. 1971) and Giulio Grassi; after World War II, Arturo and Giulio Grassi sold the collection en bloc to Schubert (dealer), Milan. Alexis Gregory (b. 1936 - d. 2020), New York; 2021, bequest of Alexis Gregory to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 30, 2021)

NOTES:
[1] Leo Planiscig, ed., La collezione Luigi Grassi di piccoli bronzi del Rinascimento (Florence, 2006), 72, cat. no. 35.


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