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Roman Youth

CultureRoman
Dateca. 120-130 C.E.
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (29.21 × 21.59 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-138
On View
Not on view
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Provenance

With Jean Mikas, Paris, by October 16, 1923 [1];

Purchased from Mikas by Brummer Gallery, Paris and New York, stock no. P787, 1923-October 30, 1925;

Purchased from Brummer by Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944), New York, October 30, 1925-December 11, 1928 [2];

Returned by Stokes to Brummer, stock no. H125, December 11, 1928-March 30, 1933 [3];

With Brummer, on joint account with Ars Classica, March 30, 1933-January 27, 1934 [4];

Purchased from Brummer and Ars Classica by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cloisters Library and Archive, Brummer Gallery Records, Greek and Roman marbles and stones, Object inventory card number P787. The object card for Brummer’s purchase from Mikas references a letter dated October 16, 1923, but this letter has not been located in the Brummer Gallery records. The sculpture arrived at Brummer in November 1923.

[2] Ibid.

[3] The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cloisters Library and Archive, Brummer Gallery Records, Greek and Roman marbles and stones, Object inventory card number H125.

[4] Ibid. Brummer sold a half share in the sculpture to Ars Classica on March 30, 1933.

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