Giovanni Battista Foggini
The Wild Boar

CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Wild Boar
Datec. 1700
PlaceItaly
MediumBronze
Dimensions(Sculpture): 6 9/16 × 8 7/16 × 5 7/16 in. (16.7 × 21.4 × 13.8 cm)
Overall (including base): 13 × 10 × 6 1/8 in. (33 × 25.4 × 15.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund
Object number2009.20
Non exposé

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ProvenancePrivate collection, England; [Tomasso Brohers Fine Art]; purchased by MFAH with funds provided by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund, 2009.
Exhibition History"Scultura," Williams Moretti Irving Gallery, New York, October 15–November 1, 2008.

Houston Gun Club, March 26–28, 2011.

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