Head of a Youth, between mid-15th and early 16th century

  • Andrea della Robbia, Italian, 1435-1525
  • Andrea della Robbia, Italian, 1435-1525

Enameled terracotta

  • Overall: 6 1/2 × 22 inches (16.5 × 55.9 cm)

Gift of Henry Ford Hospital personnel in memory of Edsel B. Ford

43.477

On View

  • European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

M. Sulzbach (Paris, France)

1926, (Arnold Seligmann, Rey, & Co., New York, New York, USA)

William Randolph Hearst (New York, New York, USA and California, USA)

sold by (Gimbel Bros., New York, New York, USA) Hearst sale

Henry Ford Hospital personnel (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Andrea della Robbia; workshop of Andrea della Robbia, Head of a Youth, between mid-15th and early 16th century, enameled terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Henry Ford Hospital personnel in memory of Edsel B. Ford, 43.477.