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Head of an Angel
Head of an Angel
Head of an Angel

Head of an Angel

sculptor
Dateafter 1480
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumMarble
Dimensions19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS12w15
eMuseum ID722785
EmbARK ObjectID13475
TMS Source ID2405
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesCornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 134, no. 166. (as Venetian, after 1480)
ProvenanceNotesPossibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Antonio Carrer (d. 1912), Venice for 10 lire on 25 September 1897. The sculpture entered her collection by about 1900.
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