Presentoir
Wenzel Jamnitzer
(German, 1508–1586)
Matthias Zündt
(German, about 1498 – 1572)
third quarter of 16th century
Object PlaceNuremberg, Germany
Medium/TechniqueGilded bronze, steel, horn and wood inlays
Dimensions7 x 40 cm (2 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund, Gift of Mrs. W. Scott Fitz and Edward Jackson Holmes, Bequest of William Homer through Mrs. Charles Davis, Jr., Gift in the name of Mr. and Mrs. Caleb A. Curtis, Gift of the Estate of Mrs. William C. Endicott, Estate of Mrs. William Dorr Boardman through Gift of Mrs. Bernard C. Weld, by exchange
Accession number1993.189
On View
On viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1981, with P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., London (dealer); July 4, 1991, anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, lot 252; Ellin Mitchell, New York (dealer); 1993, purchased by the MFA.
about 1400
early 19th century
First half of 18th century
about 1807
about 1780–1810
mid to late 19th century
mid to late 18th century
late 18th century
early to mid-19th century
1812–17
1812–17
1812–17