Head of a Cherub Singing Turned to the Right

Description Conservation Provenance Credit

Description This marble piece is carved in high relief and is in a modern gesso frame. The wings have been repaired with plaster. The piece is said to be from the Medici private villa chapel at Carreggi.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/28/1971	Treatment	cleaned

Provenance Medici Chapel, Carraggi (?); Heilbronner [date and mode of acquisition unknown (?); Berenson [date and mode of acquisition unknown (?); William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

North Italian (Artist)

Period

1470-1500 (Renaissance)

Medium

white marble, plaster, gesso
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

27.201

Measurements

Diam with frame: 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm)

Geographies

Italy, Florence (Place of Origin)
Italy, Florence, Medici Villa Chapel (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Not On View