Head of an Angel, ca. betwen 1490 and 1506

  • Benedetto Briosco, Italian, ca. 1460-after 1514

Marble

  • Overall: 9 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (23.5 × 24.1 × 28.6 cm)

Gift of Jacob Heimann

38.57

On View

  • European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Marchese Trivulzio

Jacob Heimann (Milan, Italy and New York, New York, USA)

1938-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Benedetto Briosco, Head of an Angel, ca. betwen 1490 and 1506, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Jacob Heimann, 38.57.