Bust of Seleucus Nicator of Syria
Sabatino de Angelis · Late 19th century reproduction
Provenance
Ownership history
- Chiurazzi and De Angelis Foundry, Naples, Italy; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1893; purchased with funds provided by H.N. Higinbotham, 1893.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings and Drawings. Part I. Architecture and Sculpture (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1920), p. 55.
- Karen B. Alexander "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 23.
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