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Male Head

French
Medieval (Gothic)
13th–14th century

Medium/Technique Stone; limestone
Dimensions 12.7 x 10.7 x 11.4 cm (5 x 4 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number60.940
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture

Provenance1960, sold by Rickel Hein (dealer, b. 1897 - d. about 1977/1980), Hein Antiquités, Paris to the MFA for $612.60. (Accession Date: September 21, 1960)

NOTE:
At the time of purchase, curator Hanns Swarzenski mentioned that he had been in correspondence with Mme. Hein for "many years" regarding the sculpture.