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Statuette of Enthroned Virgin and Child

second quarter of 13th century
Object PlaceEurope
Medium/TechniqueMetal; gilded copper (97.8% copper, 1.7% lead, .5% tin)
DimensionsOverall: 6 x 2.3 x 3cm (2 3/8 x 7/8 x 1 3/16in.)
Credit LineJuliana Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession number47.1439
On View
On view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceHenri Daguerre, Paris [see note 1]. 1929, Alfredo Barsanti, Rome; 1929, sold by Barsanti to Joseph Brummer (b. 1883 - d. 1947), New York (stock no. P6512); 1947, sold by the estate of Joseph Brummer to the MFA for $4500. (Accession Date: November 13, 1947)

NOTES:
[1] See "Master Bronzes Selected from Museums and Collections in America" (exh. cat. Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, February 1937), cat. no. 115. The dates of Daguerre's ownership are not known.
late 13th–14th century
mid-15th century (?)
second half of 12th century
early 13th century
mid-12th century (?)
mid 6th–7th century
late 15th century
about 1440–50