Plate with St. Christopher
VesselsGerman15th century

Plate with St. Christopher

15th century

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Brass
Culture
German
Century
15th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

39.37 cm (15 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Denman Waldo Ross, gift; to Hervey E. Wetzel (1888-1919), Boston, December 1916, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

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