1977.135: Putto with a Dolphin
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.135
- People
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School of Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), Italian (1386? - 1466)
- Title
- Putto with a Dolphin
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Boy with Dolphin
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- c. 1510
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/227913
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Brass with traces of gilt
- Technique
- Lost-wax process
- Dimensions
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20 x 8.2 x 7.8 cm (7 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
with base: 23.8 x 8.5 x 7.8 cm (9 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 3 1/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- label: bottom of base, black ink, handwritten: T. K. S.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Therese Kuhn (Mrs. Herbert N.) Straus, New York, NY, Purchased in Italy, 1927, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977. Mrs. Straus purchased in Rome or Florence in 1926 or 1927, according to her will.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Therese Kuhn Straus in memory of her husband, Herbert N. Straus
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.135
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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