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Head of a Boy
Head of a Boy

Head of a Boy

Mino da Fiesole (Italian, 1429–1484)
probably early 19th century
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueStone; marble
Dimensions36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1479a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceQuincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston; 1917, gift of Quincy Adams Shaw, through Quincy Adams Shaw Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
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