Giovanni Andrea Muti

ca. 1725

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 549

A similar portrait by Cametti in the Muti Chapel at San Marcello al Corso in Rome provides the basis for the identification, dating, and attribution of this bust.

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Title: Giovanni Andrea Muti
Artist: Bernardino Cametti (1670–1736)
Date: ca. 1725
Culture: Italian, Rome
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Height (bust): 31 in. (78.7 cm); Height (socle): 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1969
Object Number: 69.82
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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