Christ or Apostle

Unidentified artist

about 1490

Object PlaceGermany

Medium/TechniqueWood; lindenwood with polychromy

Dimensions88.9 x 26.0 x 20.0 cm (35 x 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Dr. Siegfried J. Thannhauser in memory of his wife Franziska Peiner Thannhauser

Accession number63.587

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceBefore 1935, sold by Detlinger (possibly Joseph Dettlinger, b. 1865 - d. 1937), Freiburg, Germany to 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. According to Edward R. Lubin's appraisal of his collection (February 14, 1962), this sculpture was purchased from Detlinger, Freiburg-im-Breisgau.