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Pietà
German (Upper Rhine or Swabia)
Medieval (Gothic)
about 1375–90
Object Place: Europe, Germany, Upper Rhine
Medium/Technique
Wood; lindenwood with polychromy
Dimensions
88.9 x 34.9 x 24.8 cm (35 x 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. Siegfried J. Thannhauser in memory of his wife Franziska Peiner Thannhauser
Accession Number63.590
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceSaid to come from Glottertal (near Freiburg), Germany. Before 1935, sold by Professor Geiges (probably Fritz Geiges, b. 1853 - d. 1935), Freiburg to Dr. Siegfried Josef Thannhauser (b. 1885 - d. 1962), Freiburg, Düsseldorf, and Brookline, MA [see note 1]; 1963, bequest of Siegfried J. Thannhauser to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 8, 1963)
NOTES:
[1] Dr. Thannhauser immigrated to the Boston area in 1935, bringing his art collection with him. According to Edward R. Lubin's appraisal of his collection (February 14, 1962), this sculpture (referred to as the "Glottertaler Madonna") was purchased from Professor Geiges in Freiburg, and came from "the chapel in Glottertal". It was included in the exhibition "Arts of the Middle Ages" (MFA, Boston, February 17 - March 20, 1940), cat. no. 194.
NOTES:
[1] Dr. Thannhauser immigrated to the Boston area in 1935, bringing his art collection with him. According to Edward R. Lubin's appraisal of his collection (February 14, 1962), this sculpture (referred to as the "Glottertaler Madonna") was purchased from Professor Geiges in Freiburg, and came from "the chapel in Glottertal". It was included in the exhibition "Arts of the Middle Ages" (MFA, Boston, February 17 - March 20, 1940), cat. no. 194.