Bust of an African Boy in Servant's Livery
This bust of a very young servant wearing the generic insignia of a cardinal is one of the most sensitive early renderings of an African boy by a European sculptor. The detail, sense of movement, and expression suggest that this is a likeness of a particular individual. He was...
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sculpture
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Marquise de Ganay, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Marquise de Ganay Sale, Paris, May 8, 1922, no. 83; Arnold Seligman, Rey and Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.24 |
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