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Relief of the Virgin
Relief of the Virgin

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 view
ClassificationsMetalwork
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)



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