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Female Saint, Saint Barbara (?)
Female Saint, Saint Barbara (?)

Female Saint, Saint Barbara (?)

Hans Leinberger (German, 15th about)
about 1520
Object PlaceLandshut, Lower Bavaria, Germany
Medium/TechniqueWood with polychromy
Dimensions109.22 x 40.0 x 27.9 cm (43 x 15 3/4 x 11 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Dr. Siegfried J. Thannhauser in memory of his wife Franziska Peiner Thannhauser
Accession number63.588
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1935, acquired in Munich 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. According to Edward R. Lubin's appraisal of his collection (February 14, 1962), this sculpture was purchased in Munich.