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Infant Hercules

Formerly attributed to: Bartolomeo Bellano (Italian (Padua), 1437–1496/7)
Italian
Renaissance
15th century
Object Place: Europe, Padua, Italy

Medium/Technique Metal; bronze
Dimensions Overall: 12.1 x 9.5 x 8.6 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds from the bequest of George Robert White
Accession Number53.2910
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionBronze. Square hollow base with concave sides, infant half-turned to rest left hand at far corner, right arm across chest.
Provenance1953, Eugene L. Garbáty (b. 1880 - d. 1966), East Norwalk, CT [see note 1]; 1953, sold by Garbáty to the MFA for $800. (Accession Date: December 29, 1953)

NOTES:
[1] Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, bringing much of his art collection with him. It is probable, though not securely documented, that he had acquired this already by 1938.
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