Portrait of a Gentleman

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Portrait of a Gentleman

circa 1670-1675
Sculpture
Marble
Overall incl. socle: 28 × 22 × 13 in. (71.12 × 55.88 × 33.02 cm)
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary (M.2015.4a-b)
European Sculpture
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Antonio Muñoz (1884–1960), Rome, ca. 1920. Antonia Nava Cellini and Pico Cellini, Rome (ca. 1930–40)....
Antonio Muñoz (1884–1960), Rome, ca. 1920. Antonia Nava Cellini and Pico Cellini, Rome (ca. 1930–40). Taddei family, Lugano, before 1944, by descent to; Madeline de Loriol, widow of Enzo Taddei, in the early 1990s. Giancarlo Gallino, Turin, by 1991. Private collection, Turin. [Salander O’Reilly Galleries, New York, by 2004]. [Filippo Benappi and Sascha Mehringer, 2014, sold 2015 to]; LACMA.
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