House Altar
18th century
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueWood; Boxwood
Dimensions73.03 x 45.72 x 11.43 cm (28 3/4 x 18 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineSeth Kettell Sweetser Fund
Accession number69.1226
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1969, acquired in Munich by Kurt Meissner, Zurich; 1969, sold by Meissner to the MFA. (Accession date: November 19, 1969)
about 1690
early 19th century
14th–15th centuries, with later additions
about 1810 (rigging about 1840)
about 1730
about 1640
first half of 16th century
second quarter of 17th century
17th century
about 1580
17th–18th century
17th century