Morse with Crucifixion

Limoges (?) (France)

early 14th century

Object PlaceLimoges (?), France

Medium/TechniqueChamplevé enamel and gilding on copper

Dimensions17.3 x 17.6 cm (6 13/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund

Accession number49.491

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ClassificationsEnamels

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceUntil 1868, Albert Germeau (d. by 1868), Paris; May 5, 1868, posthumous Germeau sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 62. Until 1907, Armand Queyroi (d. by 1907), Paris; February 26, 1907, posthumous Queyroi sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 29. 1924, Léonce Alexandre Rosenberg (b. 1877 - d. 1947), Paris; June 12, 1924, Rosenberg sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 58. Henri Daguerre, Paris [see note 1]. 1944, Alexander Max Bing (b. 1878 - d. 1959), New York; November 11, 1944, sold by Bing to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. N6162); May 14, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 724, to the MFA for $600. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)

NOTES:
[1] According to the Brummer inventory card.