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 viewClassificationsMetalwork
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.
NOTES:
[1] The MFA acquired accession nos. 50.2, 50.3, and 50.4 together.
mid-14th century
15th–early 16th century (?)
late 14th–15th century
mid-14th–mid-15th century
about 1500 or 17th century
second half of 15th century (?)
mid-15th century
mid-12th century
mid 6th–7th century
late 15th–early 16th century