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The Virgin and Child
Circle Of: Christoph Daniel Schenck
Southern Switzerland (?)
late 17th century
Object Place: Switzerland
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated in memory of James Eric and Frances Anne Rogers
Accession Number2003.74
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1961, Arthur Einstein (dealer; b. 1889 - d. 1969, London [see note 1]; 1961, probably sold by Einstein to an anonymous collection; January 29, 1999, anonymous ("Property of a Gentleman") sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 271. By 2000, Blumka Gallery, New York [see note 2]; 2003, sold by Blumka Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 26, 2003)
NOTES:
[1] Information taken from the 1999 Sotheby's catalogue, presumably referring to when and from whom the anonymous consignor had acquired it. [2] "Collecting Treasures of the Past" (exh. cat., Blumka Gallery, New York, January 26-February 11, 2000), cat. no. 41.
NOTES:
[1] Information taken from the 1999 Sotheby's catalogue, presumably referring to when and from whom the anonymous consignor had acquired it. [2] "Collecting Treasures of the Past" (exh. cat., Blumka Gallery, New York, January 26-February 11, 2000), cat. no. 41.