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Virgin and Child with Angels

about 1490–1500
Object PlaceNuremberg, Germany
Medium/TechniqueWood; lindenwood with polychromy
Dimensions95.25 x 35.6 x 29.2 cm (37 1/2 x 14 x 11 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Dr. Siegfried J. Thannhauser in memory of his wife Franziska Peiner Thannhauser
Accession number63.583
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1935, acquired by Dr. Siegfried Josef Thannhauser (b. 1885 - d. 1962), Freiburg, Düsseldorf, and Brookline, MA [see note 1]; 1963, bequest of Siegfried J. Thannhauser to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 8, 1963)

NOTES:
[1] Dr. Thannhauser immigrated to the Boston area in 1935, bringing his art collection with him.
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