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Herod and Herodias with head of Saint John the Baptist

late 15th century
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal; gilt-bronze
DimensionsDiameter: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineH. E. Bolles Fund
Accession number48.14
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1900, Eugen Miller von Aichholz (b. 1835 - d. 1919), Vienna; May 18-22, 1900, Miller von Aichholz sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 225, to "Miller," probably Miller von Aichholz [see note]. 1948, sold by Blumka Gallery, New York, to the MFA for $200. (Accession Date: January 8, 1948)

NOTE: Several examples of this plaquette are known. At the time of acquisition, this example was said to come from the Miller von Aichholz collection.
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