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Portrait Bust of a Man

(Italian, Ferrarese, 1497–1537)
about 1520–30
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 72.4 x 66 x 38.1 cm (28 1/2 x 26 x 15 in.)
Framed (Wooden L-shaped skid pallet): 45.7 x 53.3 x 35.6 cm (18 x 21 x 14 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number56.12
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenancePrivate collection, France [see note 1]. 1956, Blumka Gallery, New York; 1956, sold by Blumka to the MFA for $13,000. (Accession Date: January 12, 1956)

NOTES:
[1] According to January 12, 1956 acquisition recommendation letter in the curatorial file.
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