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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1957.228
People
Unidentified Artist
Possibly attributable to Joseph Gott, British (1786 - 1860)
Formerly given to Antonio Canova, Italian (Possagno, Italy 1757 - 1822 Venice, Italy)
Title
Bust of a Woman
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bust of the Artist's Mother
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, bust
Date
19th century
Culture
Unidentified culture
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228510

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Dimensions
67.5 x 45 x 25.5 cm (26 9/16 x 17 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baron Angelo del Nero, Rome, Italy, Through family. Work had been in del Nero family for over a century, per French and Co., Inc.
French and Company, Inc., New York, NY, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1958.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift through the Gifts for Special Uses Fund
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
1957.228
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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