God the Father
Johann Baptist Straub
(1704–1784)
about 1750
Object PlaceBavaria, Germany
Medium/TechniquePolychromed wood
Dimensions168.91 cm (66 1/2 in.)
Credit LineArthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession number60.1455
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1960, Karl Leuthenmayr Antiquitäten, Munich. 1960, Phillip B. Mayer, London; 1960, sold by Mayer to the MFA for $9,574. (Accession Date: December 14, 1960)
17th century
1700–67
1750–1800
signed and dated 1475: "Jua de cordoba me pito A.D. MIIIILXXV"
early 16th century
about 1440
about 1400
about 1520
17th century
16th century
possibly mid-15th century
about 1500