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Head of a Boy, Possibly Lucius, Son of Agrippa (?)
late 1st century BC (?)
black basalt
(Roman Empire )
(Roman Empire )
This head of a boy has hair that is broken and worn, and covered with dirt. The face is clean, possibly recut. The piece is broken at the neck. It is probably a forgery.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1987-1992 | Artful Deception: The Craft of the Forger. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City; Portland Museum of Art, Portland; The Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester; The Barnum Museum, Bridgeport. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/20/1970 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 3/28/1989 | Treatment | mounted |
Measurements
H: 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922 (?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
23.124