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Music-Making Angels
François Duquesnoy (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1597–1643)
Flemish
1640-41
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Overall: 23.5 × 40 cm (9 1/4 × 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number2021.705
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionBozzetto for the Filomarino Altar, Ss. Apostoli, Naples.
ProvenancePrince Alfons of Bavaria (b. 1862 – d. 1933), Munich; by inheritance to his son, Prince Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (b. 1902 – d. 1990), Munich; 1988, sold by Joseph Clemens of Bavaria to Alexander Rudigier (dealer), Munich and London; 2019, sold by Rudigier to an anonymous collector, Newton, MA; 2021, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2021)