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Head of a Boy

Date
1st century CE
Material
Marble
associated with
Rome, Lazio region, Italy, Europe
collected or acquired in
Rome, Lazio region, Italy, Europe
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
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.

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