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Statuettes of two Angels
Statuettes of two Angels

Statuettes of two Angels

late 15th–early 16th century
Object PlaceGermany (?)
Medium/TechniqueMetal; gilded silver (a: 84.6% silver, 13.7% copper, .7% lead, 1% gold; b: 88.9% silver, 9.8% copper, .4% lead, .9% gold)
Dimensionsa: 2.9 x 1.9 x .7 cm (1 1/8 x 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
b: 2.6 x 2 x .7 cm (1 x 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineSeth Kettell Sweetser Fund
Accession number51.1406a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1951, Dr. M. Hugo Oelze (d. 1967), Amsterdam; 1951, sold by Oelze to the MFA for $700 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: June 14, 1951)

NOTES:
[1] Purchased with MFA accession no. 51.1407 for $700.

Finial
Unidentified artist
mid-13th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
Box
mid-14th century
Relief of the Virgin
third quarter of 12th century
a-b
10th–11th century
Samson and Lion Aquamanile
early 14th century