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Bust of a Faun
Circle Of: Andrea Riccio [Briosco] (Italian, 1470–1532)
Italian (Padua)
early 16th century
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Height: 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Alexis Gregory
Accession Number2021.1081
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1933, Luigi Grassi (b. 1858 - d. 1937), Florence [see note 1]; 1937, by inheritance to his sons, Arturo Grassi (b. 1899 - d. 1971) and Giulio Grassi; after World War II, Arturo and Giulio Grassi sold the collection en bloc to Schubert (dealer), Milan. Fernand Adda (b. 1890 - d. 1965), Paris; November 29 - December 3, 1965, Adda sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, lot 347. 1995, Cyril Humphris, London; January 11, 1995, Humphris sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 93, to Alexis Gregory (b. 1936 - d. 2020), New York; 2021, bequest of Alexis Gregory to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 30, 2021)
NOTES:
[1] Leo Planiscig, ed., La collezione Luigi Grassi di piccoli bronzi del Rinascimento (Florence, 2006), pp. 138-139, cat. no. 75.
NOTES:
[1] Leo Planiscig, ed., La collezione Luigi Grassi di piccoli bronzi del Rinascimento (Florence, 2006), pp. 138-139, cat. no. 75.