Andrea Mantegna
Standing Boy

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ArtistCircle of Andrea Mantegna Italian, 1431–1506

CultureItalian

Titles

Standing Boy

Datec. 1470–1500

PlaceItaly

MediumBronze, with silvering

Dimensions8 1/8 × 3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in. (20.7 × 9.4 × 5.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.592

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

203 Crane Gallery

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Special Collections

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceMarquis de Pompignan; [Marquis de Pompignan sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 19, 1929, lot 77]; purchased by Percy S. Straus from [Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, on July 15, 1929]; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"Master Bronzes Selected from Museums and Collections in America," Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, February 1937.

"Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400–1600," Detroit Institute of Arts, November 18, 1958–January 4, 1959.

"Rennaisance Bronzes in American Collections," Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, April 9–May 3, 1964.

"Early Renaissance Sculpture from Northern Italy 1440-1540," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 5–October 14, 1973.

"Antiquity in the Renaissance," Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, April 6–June 6, 1978.

"Italian Renaissance Sculpture in the Time of Donatello," Detroit Institute of Arts, October 21, 1985–January 5, 1986; Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, February 24–April 27, 1986.

"Andrea Mantegna," Musée du Louvre, Paris, September 22, 2008–January 5, 2009.

"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.

"New Light on Old Masters: European Art from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2021–January 23, 2022.

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