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Portrait of a Young Man, Possibly Cesare Borgia (?)
(Renaissance Europe )
This terracotta relief is said to be of Cesare Borgia (1475-1507), the son of Pope Alessandro Borgia (1431-1503). There are ongoing questions as to the status of this piece.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Comte d'Albano de la Bouysse (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Seligmann Rey & Company [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as ascribed to the Studio of Verrocchio]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acqusition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy, Florence (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927
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.
27.199