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Statuette of Saint John
Statuette of Saint John

Statuette of Saint John

about 1475
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver (various pieces: 93.1-97.7% silver, 1-2.5% copper, .8-1.5% gold, up to 3.1% lead)
Dimensions12.06 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm (4 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number50.4
On View
On view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceRichard von Kaufmann (b. 1849 - d. 1908), Berlin; December 4, 1917, Kaufmann sale, Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, lot 421, sold for 9,500 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.

Box
mid-14th century
Candlestick
15th–early 16th century (?)
Nutcracker (?)
late 14th–15th century
Finial
mid-14th–mid-15th century
Dinanderie Lectern
about 1500 or 17th century
Detail: Virgin & Child, view 2
second half of 15th century (?)
Restricted: For reference only
Jonathan Beyuka
1970s
Cross
mid 6th–7th century
Group shot: 53.457-8
late 15th–early 16th century