Dragon (from a group of the Immaculate Conception)

cast from a model by Alessandro Algardi (Italian, 1598–1654)

about 1625–50

Medium/TechniqueMetal; gilt bronze

DimensionsOverall: 13.3 x 20.3 cm (5 1/4 x 8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Alexis Gregory

Accession number2021.1097

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ClassificationsSculpture

ProvenanceMatthiesen Fine Art, Ltd., London. June 22, 1989,anonymous ("property of various owners") sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 149 to Alexis Gregory (b. 1936 - d. 2020), New York; 2021, bequest of Alexis Gregory to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 30, 2021)