Bust of Lucius Junius Brutus

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Bust of Lucius Junius Brutus

Italy, circa 1550
Sculpture
Bronze
Overall incl. socle: 23 × 27 × 11 in. (58.4 × 68.58 × 27.94 cm)
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2005.60)
European Sculpture
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Count Wilhelm Pourtalès (1815–1889), Berlin and Venice, as of 1883, by inheritance to; Count Friedrich (Fritz) Pourtalès (1853–1928), Berlin, and later (as Prussian ambassador to Russia, 1907–14), Sai...
Count Wilhelm Pourtalès (1815–1889), Berlin and Venice, as of 1883, by inheritance to; Count Friedrich (Fritz) Pourtalès (1853–1928), Berlin, and later (as Prussian ambassador to Russia, 1907–14), Saint Petersburg. Botkin (probably Mikhail Botkine) collection, Saint Petersburg. Koenigsberg or Konningsberg, 6 Sept. 1924, to; [Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Paris, sold 2005 to]; LACMA.
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