Head of a Cherub Singing Turned to the Right

1470-1500 (Renaissance) Diam with frame: 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm) Citation Source image

This marble piece is carved in high relief and is in a modern gesso frame. The wings have been repaired with plaster. The piece is said to be from the Medici private villa chapel at Carreggi.

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Medici Chapel, Carraggi (?); Heilbronner [date and mode of acquisition unknown (?); Berenson [date and mode of acquisition unknown (?); William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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