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Relief of Saint John Mourning

about 1220–30
Object PlaceNorthern France/Meuse Valley
Medium/TechniqueMetal; gilded bronze (93.3% copper, 3.7% lead, 3% tin, trace of zinc)
Dimensions8.9 x 3.3 x 2 cm (3 1/2 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineH. E. Bolles Fund
Accession number53.334a
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceUntil 1953, with Mathias Komor, New York; 1953, sold by Komor to the MFA for $960. (Accession Date: April 9, 1953)
about 1458
11th century
late 13th–14th century
19th–20th century
second half of 13th century
third quarter of 12th century
14th century
second quarter of 12th century
last third of 12th–first third of 13th century