Finial in the Shape of the Virgin and Child
mid-15th century
Object PlaceFrance or Rhineland
Medium/TechniqueGilded silver (Virgin: 94.5% silver, 4.2% copper, .9% gold, .4% lead; Christ: 94.9% silver, 2.7% copper, 2% gold, .4% lead; stem: 94% silver, 4.7% copper, .8% gold, .5% lead)
Dimensions10.7 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm (4 3/16 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number50.3
On View
On viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceRichard von Kaufmann (b. 1849 - d. 1908), Berlin; December 4, 1917, Kaufmann sale, Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, lot 425, sold for 13,000 M. March 5, 1929, anonymous ("v. B." collection) sale, Rudolf Lepke, Berlin, lot 220. 1950, Blumka Gallery, New York; 1950, sold by Blumka to the MFA for $2,500 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)
NOTES:
[1] The MFA acquired accession nos. 50.2, 50.3, and 50.4 together.
NOTES:
[1] The MFA acquired accession nos. 50.2, 50.3, and 50.4 together.
late 15th century (?)
late 15th–early 16th century
mid-14th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
mid-13th century
late 13th–14th century
third quarter of 12th century
11th–12th century
about 1475
late 13th–14th century
19th–20th century
mid-12th century