Relief of the Virgin
third quarter of 12th century
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueGilded copper (98.1% copper, 1.5% lead, .4% tin, trace of zinc)
Dimensions15.5 x 3.3 x 1.9 cm (6 1/8 x 1 5/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.466
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1937, Alphonse Kann (b. 1870 - d. 1948), Paris; July 5, 1937, sold by Kann to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P14014); April 21, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 299, to the MFA for $2,700. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
late 14th–15th century
late 13th–14th century
12th century
1480–1500
second half of 13th century
about 1220–30
mid-14th century
6th–8th century
late 15th century (?)
1400–1500
about 1400
14th century