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Head of Christ
Master of the Orcagnesque Misericordia (Italian, Florentine, active second half 14th century)
Tempera on wood, gold ground; Overall, with engaged frame, 11 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (29.5 x 20.6 cm); painted surface 9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. (24.4 x 15.6 cm)
Gift of The Jack and Belle Linsky Foundation, 1981 (1981.365.2)
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Provenance/Ownership History
[Elia Volpi, Florence, about 1912]; Baron Wladimir de Grüneisen, Florence
; Dr. Ernst Schwarz, New York (until d. 1957; ?his heirs until 1959; sale, Christie's, London, June 26, 1959, no. 47, "The Property of a Gentleman formerly in the Collection of the late Dr. Ernst Schwarz," as by B. Daddi, for 2,800 gns. to "Leadbeater" [Linsky]); Mr. and Mrs. Jack Linsky, New York (1959–his d. 1980); Mrs. Jack Linsky, New York (1980–81)
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