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Saint John

about 1400–20
Object PlaceFrance
Country of Origin, for CustomsFrance or Belgium
Medium/TechniqueElephant ivory
DimensionsOverall: 9.9 x 2.2 x 2.3 cm (3 7/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.487
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceGabriel Dereppe, Paris (?). 1944, with the Gallery Connoisseur, Inc., New York; February 3, 1944, sold by the Gallery Connoisseur to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. N5842); May 14, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 683, to the MFA for $325 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)

NOTES:
[1] This was purchased with MFA accession no. 49.486.