Head of a Boy
- Culture
- Roman, 753 BCE–395 CE
- Date
- 1st century CE
- Material
- Marble
- associated with
- Rome, Lazio region, Italy, Europe
- collected or acquired in
- Rome, Lazio region, Italy, Europe
- Classification
- Sculpture, stone & mineral
- Collection
- Ancient Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 208
- Dimensions
- height: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Funds given by Dorothy and Kent Kreh
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 92:2019
Provenance
by 1826 - 2015
Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird (1780-1826), Rossie Priory, Perthshire, Scotland, acquired in Rome; Kinnaird family, by inheritance. [1]
2015 - 2019
Charles Ede, Ltd. London, United Kingdom, purchased from descendants of the Kinnaird family. [2]
2019 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Charles Ede, Ltd. [3]
Notes:
[1] According to Michaelis, the antiquities in the collection of Rossie Priory were amassed by George, 7th Lord Kinnaird (d.1805), and his son Charles while they were living in Italy and that the collection in its entirety was at Rossie since 1826. [Adolf Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain (Cambridge, 1882), p. 648, 651, no. 27.]
[2] Email dated 8/19/19 from Martin Clist, Managing Director, Charles Ede, Ltd.
[3] Bill of sale, dated October 21, 2019 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 21, 2019.
Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird (1780-1826), Rossie Priory, Perthshire, Scotland, acquired in Rome; Kinnaird family, by inheritance. [1]
2015 - 2019
Charles Ede, Ltd. London, United Kingdom, purchased from descendants of the Kinnaird family. [2]
2019 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Charles Ede, Ltd. [3]
Notes:
[1] According to Michaelis, the antiquities in the collection of Rossie Priory were amassed by George, 7th Lord Kinnaird (d.1805), and his son Charles while they were living in Italy and that the collection in its entirety was at Rossie since 1826. [Adolf Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain (Cambridge, 1882), p. 648, 651, no. 27.]
[2] Email dated 8/19/19 from Martin Clist, Managing Director, Charles Ede, Ltd.
[3] Bill of sale, dated October 21, 2019 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 21, 2019.
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