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The subject and author of this sensitive portrait have yet to be identified. When it belonged to the Borghese family in Rome in the later nineteenth century, it was thought to be by the Florentine sculptor Benedetto da Rovezzano.
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Title: Portrait of a Youth
Date: late 15th century
Culture: Italian, probably Rome
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Height: 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Object Number: 14.40.677
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