VesselsGerman15th century
Plate with St. Christopher
15th century
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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