SculptureItalian18th century
Portrait of an Ecclesiastic
1765
Artists
Giovanni Battista NiniArtist
Description
Cleric in profile left, wearing calotte, a cross around his neck. Perforated at upper margin for hanging wire.
Dimensions
16.9 x 2.5 cm (6 5/8 x 1 in.) with hanging wire: 17.9 cm (7 1/16 in.) 525.8 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1938.
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