Giovanni Battista Foggini
The Wild Boar

The Wild Boar

Public Domain

The Wild Boar
ArtistItalian, 1652–1725
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
Object number2009.20
Not on view

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Department
Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean
Object Type
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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