recto: sculpted male head with wavy hair in chunky pieces; wide bridge of nose; head turned slightly to PL; verso: standing nude male figure seen from back, with head bent down; heels together, with PR foot slightly in front, toes apart; PR hand on back of hip bone; some geometric perspective sketches, LRC

Head of Meleager (recto); Unfinished Study of the Farnese Hercules from the Back (verso), 18th-19th century

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Title
Head of Meleager (recto); Unfinished Study of the Farnese Hercules from the Back (verso)
Artist Life
(Bologna), 1764 - 1850
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.58.160
Provenance
La Société historique et littéraire polonaise, Paris (until 1972; sale, Christie's, London, July 4, 1972, part of no. 54, for 40 gns., to Mathews); [Alister Mathews, Bournemouth, England, until 1974; sold September 8, for £25, to Moir]; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1974-d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
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recto: sculpted male head with wavy hair in chunky pieces; wide bridge of nose; head turned slightly to PL; verso: standing nude male figure seen from back, with head bent down; heels together, with PR foot slightly in front, toes apart; PR hand on back of hip bone; some geometric perspective sketches, LRC