Foot of Cross
second half of 12th century
Object PlaceLower Saxony
Medium/TechniqueGilded latten (87.4% copper, 6.2% zinc, 2.9% tin, 3.5% lead)
Dimensions7 x 8.2 x 7.7 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.525
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1882, possibly Stoobants, Belgium [see note 1]. Count Hans Johann Nepomuk von Wilczek (b. 1837 - d. 1922), Kreuzenstein, Austria. 1933, Silberman Galleries, New York; May 8, 1933, sold by Silberman to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. N3116); June 8, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 49, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1949)
NOTES:
[1] See "L'Art ancien a l'exposition nationale," Reusens 1882, fig. 6, p. 7.
NOTES:
[1] See "L'Art ancien a l'exposition nationale," Reusens 1882, fig. 6, p. 7.
mid 6th–7th century
second half of 12th century
about 1400
mid-15th century
about 1500
about 1500
about 1200
late 14th–15th century
late 6th–early 7th century
19th–20th century
7th - 9th century