15th century
8 x 6.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Sold, [through Frederick Muller & Co., Amsterdam, July 5-6, 1927, as part of lot 249]. Wiener Collection, [sold through C.G. Boerner and P. Graupe, Leipzig and Berlin, May 12, 1930, part of lot 20], sold; to Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939
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