The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 1, 2023

Head of a Boy

c. 1460

Italy, Florence, 15th century

Marble

Overall: 23.6 x 19.7 x 3.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1931.454

Location

not on view

Provenance
Eugène Piot, 1812-1890
Charles Timbal, 1821-1880 (Paris, France), sold to Gustave Dreyfus, 1871.
Gustave Dreyfus, 1837-1914 (Paris, France), upon his death, probably by inheritance to his heirs.
Heirs of Gustave Dreyfus, probably sold to Duveen Brothers, Inc., 1930.
Duveen Brothers, Inc. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1931.
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 208 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 79 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 79 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 90 archive.org
Legé, Alice Silvia. Gustave Dreyfus: Collectionneur et Mécène dans le Paris de la Belle Époque. Milan: Officina libraria, 2019. Mentioned: p. 79; Reproduced: p. 133, fig. 50
Exhibition history

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1931.454