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Virgin and Child on a Lion
Virgin and Child on a Lion

Virgin and Child on a Lion

Unidentified artist
about 1415
Object PlaceGermany or Austria
Medium/TechniqueStone; limestone with polychromy
Dimensions125.7 x 35 x 30.5 cm (49 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 12 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.485
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1913, Max Guggenheimer; May 19-21, 1913, Guggenheimer sale, Helbing, Munich, lot 569. 1928, Satori, Vienna; September 10, 1928, sold by Satori to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P5510); May 13, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 594, to the MFA for $500. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
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