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Harpy Bestriding Grotesque Fish

Datelate 16th to early 17th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsH.: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1916.2.51
Collection History

Charles Mannheim, Paris. J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York. Duveen. Frick, 1916.

Source: Sculpture in The Frick Collection: Italian. Volume III. New York: The Frick Collection, 1970.

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