Head of a Youth (Dionysos or a Follower?)

c. 220/100 B.C.

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Provenance

(Joseph Brummer [1883-1947], New York); Ralph Harman [1873-1931] and Mary Batterman [d. 1951] Booth, Grosse Point, Michigan, before 1931;[1] gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Mary Batterman Booth to John Walker, undated letter, but with material from late 1942, in NGA curatorial files.

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Bibliography

1942

  • "National Gallery Gets 3 Sculptures." New York Times 6 December 1942.

1948

  • Recent Additions to the Ralph and Mary Booth Collection. Washington, 1948: unpaginated, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 158, as Greek, fourth century B.C.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 140, repro.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 108, repro.

1999

  • Norman Herz, Katherine A. Holbrow and Shelley G. Sturman. "Marble Sculture in the National Gallery of Art: a Provenance Study." In Max Schvoerer, ed. Archéomatériaux: marbres et autres roches: ASMOSIA IV, Bordeaux, France 9-13 october 1995: actes de la IVème Conférence international de l’Association pour l’étude des marbres et autres roches utilizes dans le passé. Talence, 1999: 101-110.

Wikidata ID

Q63810074

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