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Head of a Female Saint

Medium/TechniqueFresco transferred to panel
Dimensions37.4 x 27 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit LineM. Theresa B. Hopkins Fund
Accession number51.1620
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ClassificationsPaintings
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Provenance12th-14th centuries, commissioned for the Church of Hagiou Staurou, Jerusalem; 1910, frescoes cut from walls, and purchased by Johann Georg, Prince of Saxony (d. 1938); 1938, by inheritance to the heirs of the Prince; 1951, sold by the heirs to the MFA for $900. (Accession Date: September 13, 1951)