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Vanitas

Dutch
mid-16th century
Object Place: Europe, The Netherlands

Medium/Technique Metal; bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession Number57.172
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionUniface bronze cast, pierced at top. Tree at left, seated semi-draped figure of older lady combs hair of crouching nude, young woman.
Provenance1957, Mathias Komor, New York; 1957, sold by Komor to the MFA for $175. (Accession Date: March 14, 1957)