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Excavated at Praeneste (modern day Palestrina, Italy) [1]

by 1880 -
Barberini Collection [2]

- 1913
Borelli-Bey Collection [3]

1913/06/11-13
In auction of "Antiquités Égyptiennes, Greques, & Romaines" at Hotel Drouot, Paris, France, June 11-13, 1913, lot no. 271

- 1921
C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires

1921-
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires[5]


Notes:
[1] Listed in a catalog of items excavated at Palestrina under the heading "Bronzes de toutes sortes" of the "Collection Barberini" in Emmanuel Fernique's "Étude sur Préneste, Ville du Latium." Edited by Ernest Thorin. Paris, 1880, cat. no. 154, p. 205.

[2] See note [1].

[3] Ex-collection listed as the "Ancienne collection Barberini. Fouilles de Palestrina" in the auction catalog "Antiquités Égyptiennes, Greques, et Romaines...Coll. Borelli Bey." Paris: Hotel Drouot, 1913, lot no. 271, p. 31-32. Experts for the auction were C. & E. Canessa.

[4] See note [3].

[5] Bill of sale from C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires dated May 25, 1921 states, "Coming from the Barberini Collection...brought to light in the excavations of Palestrina... See the illustrations of Alessandro Della Seta in the Art Bulletin of the Minister of Public Instruction, 1911, also for the bibliography...From the Borelli Bey Collection." [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 8, 1922.