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Group shot: 52.59-60
Statuette of Saint John
Group shot: 52.59-60

Statuette of Saint John

about 1500
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueGilded latten (80.3% copper, 16.2% zinc, 1.9% lead, 1.6% tin)
Dimensions4.5 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (1 3/4 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Credit LineSeth Kettell Sweetser Fund
Accession number52.59
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenancePrivate collection, Vienna [see note 1]. 1952, Blumka Gallery New York; 1952, sold by Blumka to the MFA for $250 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: February 14, 1952)

NOTES:
[1] According to the curatorial recommendation for purchase by Georg Swarzenski (February 14, 1952). [2] The MFA acquired accession nos. 52.59 and 52.60 together.