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House Altar
Manner of: Johan Peter Schwanthaler
German (Bavaria)
18th century
Object Place: Europe, Germany, Bavaria
Medium/Technique
Wood; Boxwood
Dimensions
73.03 x 45.72 x 11.43 cm (28 3/4 x 18 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Seth Kettell Sweetser Fund
Accession Number69.1226
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionBoxwood, carved; polychromed and gilded frame. Scenes depicting Jesus Disputing with the Doctors, Mary and Joseph lookin through the window in the temple, tablets of the Ten Commandments, Angel holding an open book with the inscipit words of the Gospel of John.
ProvenanceBy 1969, acquired in Munich by Kurt Meissner, Zurich; 1969, sold by Meissner to the MFA. (Accession date: November 19, 1969)