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Reliquary Bust of Saint Margaret of Antioch

A work made of walnut with traces of 19th-century polychromy.
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  • A work made of walnut with traces of 19th-century polychromy.

Date:

1465/70

Artist:

Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden and workshop
Netherlandish, active in Germany, 1462-73

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 237

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Nicolaus Gerhaert

Title

Reliquary Bust of Saint Margaret of Antioch

Place

Strasbourg (Object made in)

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1465–1470

Medium

Walnut with traces of 19th-century polychromy

Dimensions

50.8 × 45.5 × 29.6 cm (20 × 18 × 11 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Reference Number

1943.1001

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