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Dragon (from a group of the Immaculate Conception)
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Dragon (from a group of the Immaculate Conception)

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
On View
Not on view
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)
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