SculptureItalian17th-18th century
Perseus Slaying Medusa
after 1690
Artists
Giovanni Battista FogginiArtist
Jean DelcourPrevious attribution
Unidentified ArtistPrevious attribution
Dimensions
39.8 x 39 x 24 cm (15 11/16 x 15 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Judge Elbert H. Gary, New York, NY, sold [through American Art Association sale, no. 248, 1928]. Mrs. Joseph Heine, New York, NY, sold [through Sotheby's, no, 199, 1944]. Joseph Brummer, New York, NY, sold [through Sotheby's, Part I of his sale, April 20-23, 1949]; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.
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