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Bust of a Man Form the Antique Marble Known as Head of Diomedes
late 18th century
bronze
(Renaissance Europe )
(Renaissance Europe )
This cast bronze is after a marble head in the British Museum, a Roman copy of Pergamene Gaul, found in Italy in 1771 and formerly in the Towneley Collection.
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.
Raoul Heilbronner, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as Italian, 16th century]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 26 3/16 in. (66.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters (?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
27.403