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Head of a Saint, John the Baptist?

Andrea della Robbia (Italian, 1435-1525/8) workshop of ? (Sculptor)
16th century (Renaissance)
terracotta with glaze
(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.
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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

Hackerman House at 1 West Mount Vernon Place: Second Floor

Accession Number

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27.221

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