Description
This figure is a squatting priest who has his hands crossed o his knees. There is an inscription on the sides of the pedestal, the front of the dress, and the rear columns.
Provenance
R. de Rustafjaell [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; R. de Rustafjaell Sale, Sotheby's, December 19, 1916, pl. VI, 2, and p. 8, lot 84; Talbot Ready [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Talbot Ready Sale, Hotel Drouot, March 14-15, 1919, no. 84; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.