Harold Woodbury Parsons (July 13, 1882 [1] [2] [3] – May 27, 1967) was an American art historian and dealer from Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1930 he was brought in as art advisor to the Nelson-Atkins Museum. [4] In 1960, he was instrumental in exposing certain supposed Etruscan masterpieces as fakes. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Parsons died in Rome, aged 85, of myocardiosclerosis and heart failure. His ashes were interred at Campo Verano. [9]
Harold Woodbury Parsons (July 13, 1882 [1] [2] [3] – May 27, 1967) was an American art historian and dealer from Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1930 he was brought in as art advisor to the Nelson-Atkins Museum. [4] In 1960, he was instrumental in exposing certain supposed Etruscan masterpieces as fakes. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Parsons died in Rome, aged 85, of myocardiosclerosis and heart failure. His ashes were interred at Campo Verano. [9]