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Fragment of or model for a relief of the Massacre of the Innocents

Height: 8 1/2 x 21.6 cm (10 in.); Width: 25.4 cm (10 in.); Length: 35.6 cm (14 in.)
Painted wax, fabric, wood, cork

Classification: Sculpture

Culture: Italian

Period: possibly late 18th–early 19th century

Accession number: 2008.1522

Provenance/Ownership History: Richard Bryant Hobart (b. 1885 - d. 1963), Cambridge, MA; by inheritance to his daughter, Mabel Hobart Cabot, Cambridge; 2008, gift of Mrs. Cabot to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)

Gift of Mabel Hobart Cabot in memory of Richard B. Hobart