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Putto with Harp

CultureSpanish
Datelate 17th century
MediumPainted and gilt wood
DimensionsOverall: 28 × 11 × 7 1/2 inches (71.12 × 27.94 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert O. Peet
Object numberF66-8
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

Spanish Polychrome Sculpture 1500-1800 in United States Collections, The Spanish Institute, New York, November 4, 1993-January 4, 1994; Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, January 28-June 26, 1994; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 21-June 26, 1994, no. 34, as Putto with Harp. Dallas and Los Angeles only.

Provenance

Bruce Rogers, San Francisco, CA, by September 17, 1965;

Purchased from Rogers by Adolph Loewi, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, stock nos. L1696 and 14464, September 17, 1965-March 14, 1966 [1];

Purchased from Adolph Loewi, Inc. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1966.

NOTES:

[1] Frick Art Reference Library, New York, MS.129 Loewi-Robertson Archive, Box 31, stock book 1955-1967.

Published References

Suzanne L. Stratton, Spanish Polychrome Sculpture 1500-1800 in United States Collections, exh. cat. (New York: Spanish Institute, 1993), 146-47, (repro.), as Putto with Harp.

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