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Putto plaquette

(Italian, active 1487–1514)
16th century
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineH. E. Bolles Fund
Accession number1977.174
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1876, Boston Athenaeum, Boston (no. M 654) [see note 1]; February 18, 1977, Boston Athenaeum and others sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, lot 57, to Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, on behalf of the MFA. (Accession Date: May 11, 1977)

NOTES:
[1] On loan to the MFA from the Athenaeum from 1876 until 1976 (Ath. 270).

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