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Figure of Saint Barbara
German (Lower Bavaria)
Medieval (Gothic)
about 1520
Object Place: Europe, Regensburg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Wood with polychromy
Dimensions
83.18 x 22.9 x 21.0 cm (32 3/4 x 9 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession Number45.474
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceAcquired from I. and S. Goldschmidt, Frankfurt, by Otto H. Kahn (b. 1867 - d. 1934), New York; 1934, to the Mogmar Art Foundation, New York [see note 1] and consigned to Duveen Brothers, New York; 1945, sold by Duveen to the MFA for $1200 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: May 10, 1945)
NOTES:
[1] That this sculpture was acquired from Goldschmidt is according to an inventory of the Mogmar Art Foundation (June 26, 1934) on file at the Getty Research Institute (Duveen Brothers Records, Box 472), cat. no. MAF 33. The Mogmar Art Foundation was a private corporation that kept parts of Kahn's art collection after his death. Pieces from the collection were stored with Duveen, New York, beginning in June, 1934.
NOTES:
[1] That this sculpture was acquired from Goldschmidt is according to an inventory of the Mogmar Art Foundation (June 26, 1934) on file at the Getty Research Institute (Duveen Brothers Records, Box 472), cat. no. MAF 33. The Mogmar Art Foundation was a private corporation that kept parts of Kahn's art collection after his death. Pieces from the collection were stored with Duveen, New York, beginning in June, 1934.