Head of a Bull, 1824

marble

overall: 71 x 70.5 x 68.9 cm, 520 lb. (27 15/16 x 27 3/4 x 27 1/8 in., 235.87 kg)

1981.63.1

Gaetano Monti (artist) Milanese, c. 1750 - 1827

on right side of truncation: MONTI / DI MILANO / FECE.1824

Holloway collection, London.[1] Sold 1981 by (Wildenstein & Co., New York) to the National Gallery of Art.

[1]According to Wildenstein précis dated 19 October 1981 in NGA curatorial files.

Holloway
Wildenstein & Co., Inc.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 154, 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.