SculptureItalian17th century
Saint Ambrose
c. 1660
Artists
Gian Lorenzo BerniniArtist
Dimensions
36.2 x 26.5 x 19 cm (14 1/4 x 10 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Provenance
?Chigi family, Rome, by 1770. Unknown antiquarian dealer, Via del Babuino, Rome, sold; Valerio Mariani, Rome, by 1940; inherited by his sons, Andrea and Luca Mariani, Rome, sold; [to Peter Laverack, European Fine Art, London, 1995, sold]; to Fogg Art Museum through Richard Norton, Richard Norton Memorial, William M. Prichard Memorial and Louise Haskell Daly Funds.
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