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Avarice

second quarter 17th century

Leonhard Kern

Artist, German, 1588 - 1662

Leonhard Kern

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Artwork overview

Medium

fruitwood, possibly pear
Credit Line

Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection
Dimensions

overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

2022.181.76

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2015

Schmidt, Eike D., et al. Bronze, Boxwood, and Ivory in the Robert H. Smith Collection of Renaissance Sculpture. London, 2015: 52-56, repro. no. 76.

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