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Saint Barbara

about 1490
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueWood; lindenwood with traces of polychromy
Dimensions81.3 x 22.9 x 18.4 cm (32 x 9 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession number47.1020
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFebruary, 1944, sold by Lewis Valentine Randall (formerly Ludwig Rosenthal, b. 1893 - d. 1972), Montreal, to Schaeffer Galleries, New York (stock no. 962); 1947, sold by Schaeffer to the MFA for $1200. (Accession date: April 10, 1947)


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