BR67.22: Personal Altar Dedicated to the Virgin Mary
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR67.22
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Personal Altar Dedicated to the Virgin Mary
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 1811
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/222636
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wood with polychrome
- Technique
- Polychromed
- Dimensions
- 69.22 x 44.5 x 30.5 cm (27 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 12 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: on back, handwritten, German: Geistliches Andenken von dem Hochwürdigen Heren Joseph Gabriel Dobsinger gewester Pfarrer zu Obertaufkirchen bey Schwindegg, im Jahre 1786. Jetzt aber seit 1801 is er Pfarrer zu Mettenheim. (Holy thoughts from the highly worthy Joseph Gabriel Dobsinger made priest at the Upper Baptismal church near Schwindegg in the year 1786. Now, however, since 1801 he is priest at Mettenheim.)
- inscription: on back, handwritten, German: Dieß Altärlein ist gefast worden von Johann Ev. Mang Mahler in Dorfen. 1801. (This little altar was painted by the village painter, Johann Evangelist Mang. 1811.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Arthur and Dorothea Moore Burkard
- Accession Year
- 1967
- Object Number
- BR67.22
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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