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Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger, first quarter of the 16th century
Aelbert Bouts (Netherlandish, born about 1451/54, died 1549)
Oil on wood; Diameter 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)
Bequest of Rupert L. Joseph, 1959 (60.55.2)

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Graf Wallmoden, Hanover (until 1819; sold for 15 Rhenish guilders to Fürst von Schaumberg-Lippe); Fürst Georg Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe, Schloß Bückeburg (1819–d. 1860; inv. no. 667); Fürst Adolph Georg zu Schaumburg-Lippe, Schloß Bückeburg (1860–d. 1893); Fürst Stephan Albrecht Georg zu Schaumburg-Lippe, Schloß Bückeburg (1893–d. 1911); Fürst Adolf Bernhard Moritz Ernst Waldemar zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1911–29; sold to Rosenbaum) ; [Rosenbaum, Frankfurt-am-Main, and Böhler, Munich, 1929–at least 1931]; Sir Robert Henry Edward Abdy, 5th Bt., ?Paris and Newton Ferrers, Callington, Cornwall (until 1936; sale, Sotheby's, London, May 28, 1936, no. 56, for £120 to Joseph); Rupert L. Joseph, New York (1936–d. 1959)

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