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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.33.2
People
Workshop of Tiziano Aspetti, Italian (Padua 1555 - 1606 Pisa)
Title
Mercury with the Head of Argus
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371209

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze on marble base
Dimensions
33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.)
height including base: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: bottom of base, blue ballpoint ink: 20

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Anthony Embden, Paris]. Alexis Gregory, New York, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Alexis Gregory
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.33.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Charles Avery, "Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Alexis Gregory Collection", exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1995), pp. 37-38, cat. no. 20, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Collection of Alexis Gregory, Fogg Art Museum, 01/13/1996 - 06/22/1996

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Verification Level

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