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Saint John the Baptist
Saint John the Baptist

Saint John the Baptist

Unidentified artist
15th century
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueStone; alabaster with polychromy
Dimensions43.2 x 12.1 x 7.3 cm (17 x 4 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Coburn Fund
Accession number42.396
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1916, Frank G. Macomber (b. 1849 - d. 1941), Boston [see note 1]. By 1942, J. Robert Peck; 1942, sold by Peck to the MFA for $5. (Accession Date: September 11, 1942)

NOTES:
[1] From May 4, 1916 through November 11, 1916, this sculpture was lent by Macomber to the MFA.
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