Saint Peter
mid-15th century (?)
Object PlaceDinant, Belgium
Medium/TechniqueLatten (77.3% copper, 19.1% zinc, 1.7% lead, 1.9% tin)
Dimensions28.7 x 11.1 x 7.7 cm (11 5/16 x 4 3/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number56.263
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1446, possibly part of the baptismal font, St. Martin at Hall, Tournay [see note 1]. 1955, consigned by Gerard J. Stora to Raphael Stora, New York (stock no. C-140-3a-b); 1956, sold by Stora to the MFA for $3,100 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: April 12, 1956)
NOTES:
[1] This suggestion was made by Hanns Swarzenski in his curatorial recommendation for the purchase of this object and its companion (MFA accession nos. 56.263 and 56.264). [2] MFA object numbers 56.263 and 56.264 were purchased together.
NOTES:
[1] This suggestion was made by Hanns Swarzenski in his curatorial recommendation for the purchase of this object and its companion (MFA accession nos. 56.263 and 56.264). [2] MFA object numbers 56.263 and 56.264 were purchased together.
second half of 12th century
second half of 15th century (?)
about 1500
about 1500
13th–14th century
late 13th–14th century
late 14th–15th century
about 1500 or 17th century
mid 6th–7th century