Bireno and Olimpia

Provenance

Daniel Katz, acquired in London 1969 [according to 2002 telephone conversation between Katz and Jane Neet]. Plato Investments, Ltd., Zurich, by 1993; sold to the Art Institute through Daniel Katz, Ltd., London, 1993.

Bireno and Olimpia

Ferdinando Tacca

1640–50

Accession Number

126505

Medium

Bronze with traces of red-gold lacquer

Dimensions

37.9 × 39.9 cm (14 7/8 × 15 11/16 in.)

Classification

statuette

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Major Acquisitions Centennial Endowment; through prior gift of The George F. Harding Collection