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Girl with Hair Dressed in Rolls Above the Ears
(Renaissance Europe )
This bust-length portrayal of a young woman wearing a discrete tiara is sufficiently damaged that assessment is made difficult without testing. This piece was formerly polychromed, and the forehead has been repaired, as has the top of her head. It requires further study, both techically and historically. The damaged areas prompt the queston of the work possibly having had a utilitarian use in connection with the veneration of a saint rather than being intended as a straight-forward portrait of a young woman. As of September 2023 we are also waiting for results of testing on the materials that would greatly influence dating.
Provenance
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Rey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Raoul Heilbronner, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy, Florence (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 3/8 × W: 12 5/8 × D: 6 7/8 in. (31.5 × 32 × 17.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910
Location in Museum
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.
27.207