Saint Barbara
1765
Artists
Description
Impressed and incised metal overlay, with cutaway sections for painted faces to show through from icon underneath. Wood, gessoed and painted; painted surface lost except for a 4 cm. section at l.r. Loop to hang. Theme indiscernible.
Dimensions
6.3 x 4.9 x 0.4 cm (2 1/2 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.) silver cover: 7 x 5 x 0.4 cm (2 3/4 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Provenance
Philip M. Lydig, Purchased in Russia, 1917, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1930.
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