id: 112863
accession number: 1931.454
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Head of a Boy, c. 1460. Italy, Florence, 15th century. Marble; overall: 23.6 x 19.7 x 3.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1931.454
title: Head of a Boy
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creation date: c. 1460
creation date earliest: 1455
creation date latest: 1465
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Italy, Florence, 15th century
technique: marble
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Sculpture
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 23.6 x 19.7 x 3.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
opening date: 1971-07-13T04:00:00
Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Eugène Piot, 1812-1890
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Charles Timbal, 1821-1880 (Paris, France), sold to Gustave Dreyfus, 1871.
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Gustave Dreyfus, 1837-1914 (Paris, France), upon his death, probably by inheritance to his heirs.
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Heirs of Gustave Dreyfus, probably sold to Duveen Brothers, Inc., 1930.
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Duveen Brothers, Inc. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1931.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 208
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n47
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 79
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n103
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 79
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n103
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 90
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n110
Legé, Alice Silvia. Gustave Dreyfus: Collectionneur et Mécène dans le Paris de la Belle Époque. Milan: Officina libraria, 2019.
page number: Mentioned: p. 79; Reproduced: p. 133, fig. 50
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