Chandelier with Statuette of the Virgin
second half of 15th century (?)
Object PlaceFlanders
Medium/TechniqueIron and brass and latten (various parts: 72.1-76.7% copper, 20.7-27.4% zinc, trace-2.2% lead, up to 1.3% tin)
Dimensions108 x 89 cm (42 1/2 x 35 1/16 in.)
Credit LineMary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession number68.616
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenancePrivate collection, Genoa [see note 1]. By 1966, F. Ildebrando Bossi, Genoa; 1968, sold by Bossi to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1968)
NOTES:
[1] In his curatorial recommendation for its purchase (October 9, 1968) Hanns Swarzenski noted that the chandelier "comes from a Palace in Genoa." Bossi presumably acquired it from this Genoese collection.
NOTES:
[1] In his curatorial recommendation for its purchase (October 9, 1968) Hanns Swarzenski noted that the chandelier "comes from a Palace in Genoa." Bossi presumably acquired it from this Genoese collection.
about 1500 or 17th century
mid-15th century
mid 6th–7th century
14th century
last third of 12th–first third of 13th century
late 14th–15th century
1400–1500
15th–early 16th century (?)
late 6th–early 7th century
7th - 9th century
12th century–early 13th century