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Pieta (Bozetto)
Attributed to: Charles Hoyau (late 16th–century–1644)
French
Renaissance
about 1625
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
34.29 cm (13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
H. E. Bolles Fund
Accession Number57.594
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionCream-color terracotta with gray at base and broken right shoulder of Virgin. On shaped block incised to simulate brick, richly draped figure holds Christ (arms & left leg missing).
Provenance1957, sold by Rickel Hein (dealer, b. 1897 - d. about 1977/1980), Hein Antiquités, Paris to the MFA for $600. (Accession Date: September 12, 1957)