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Head of a Saint, John the Baptist?
(Renaissance Europe )
This head may be either intended as a bust or a fragment cut from a damaged figure. As of September 2010 it has not been sufficiently investigated to establish authorship.
Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1979 | Window Display at Enoch Pratt Library. Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore. |
| 1956 | 25th Anniversary Exhibition of European Masterpieces. The Washington County Museum, Hagerstown. |
Geographies
Italy, Florence (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: H: 13 3/4 × W: 14 × D: 6 7/16 in. (35 × 35.6 × 16.4 cm)
Bust: H: 8 15/16 × W: 10 1/16 × D: 4 3/16 in. (22.7 × 25.5 × 10.7 cm)
Base: H: 4 13/16 × W: 14 × D: 6 7/16 in. (12.3 × 35.6 × 16.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters (?)
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.
27.221