Priest

The beardless man wears a wreath, with trailing decorated fillets, and a pilos on his head; he carries a spotted cloak on his left shoulder, wrapped around his arm, and a simple fringed garment decorated with fine spots wrapped and tied around his waist. Both hands are perforated to hold attributes that are now lost.

Provenance

Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Joachim (Gioacchino) Ferroni, Rome, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; sale, Vente après décès des collections de Mr Joachim Ferroni, Jandolo & Tavazzi—Galerie Sangiorgi, Rome, 14-22 April 1909, p. 36, no. 324, pl. 61. Cesare and Ercole Canessa, New York, Paris, and Naples, by 1924, [mode of acquisition unknown]; sale, Illustrated Catalogue of the Art Collection of the Expert Antiquarians C. & E. Canessa, American Art Association, New York, 25 January 1924, lot 38 [illust.]. E. Segredakis, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1946, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N6622]; Brummer Collection sale (2nd auction), Park-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1949, lot 308; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.