Knop from Altar Cross
about 1200
Object PlaceRhineland/Meuse/North Germany, Germany
Medium/TechniqueGilded latten (85.3% copper, 8.5% zinc, 5.4% tin, .8% lead)
Dimensions4.3 x 4.8 cm (1 11/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line1941 Museum Fund
Accession number47.1438
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceDr. Albert Figdor (b. 1843 - d. 1927), Vienna; June 11-13, 1930, posthumous Figdor sale, Cassirer, Berlin, lot 381. 1933, Galerie Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris; July 24, 1933, sold by Brimo de Laroussilhe to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P10021); 1947, sold by Brummer to the MFA for $3800. (Accession Date: November 13, 1947)
late 13th–14th century
about 1500
about 1500
second half of 12th century
late 14th–15th century
mid 6th–7th century
late 6th–early 7th century
7th - 9th century
1400–1500