Dinanderie Lectern
about 1500 or 17th century
Object PlaceFlanders
Medium/TechniqueMetal; brass (various parts: 74.8-79.1% copper, 18.2-23.5% zinc, .8-1.9% lead, trace-.8% tin)
Dimensions160.2 x 70.3 x 70.3 cm (63 1/16 x 27 11/16 x 27 11/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Amos Cummings Fund
Accession number48.256
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1932, Ruiz [see note 1]; November 29, 1932, sold by Ruiz to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P9050); 1948, sold by Brummer to the MFA for $8,000. (Accession Date: March 11, 1948)
NOTES:
[1] According to Thomas Hoving (verbal communication, January 7, 1988), "Ruiz" was Pablo Picasso's father, José Ruiz Blasco (b. 1838 - d. 1939), who lived in Barcelona, though this has not been verified.
NOTES:
[1] According to Thomas Hoving (verbal communication, January 7, 1988), "Ruiz" was Pablo Picasso's father, José Ruiz Blasco (b. 1838 - d. 1939), who lived in Barcelona, though this has not been verified.
second half of 15th century (?)
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second half of 15th century (?)
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13th–14th century
mid-14th century