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Bust of a Child

Vitorio Salvatore

American Art

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM Marble with wood base
  • Place Made: United States
  • DATES n.d.
    DIMENSIONS With base: 16 x 13 x 8 in. (40.6 x 33 x 20.3 cm)  (show scale)
    SIGNATURE Unsigned
    COLLECTIONS American Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 13.1055
    CREDIT LINE Gift of George D. Pratt
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Bust with head and shoulders of young child (possibly a girl); head turned slightly to right; figure has bob haircut and wears collarless shirt; raised on oblong octagonal base.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
    CAPTION Vitorio Salvatore (American, 1884–1965). Bust of a Child, n.d. Marble with wood base, With base: 16 x 13 x 8 in. (40.6 x 33 x 20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt, 13.1055. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 13.1055_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 13.1055_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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