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Figure of St Joseph

Figure
1210
Place of origin
Limoges

Figure of St Joseph holding two doves, possibly from a casket; copper with gilding, France, Limoges, around 1210


Object details

Object type
Figure
TitleFigure of St Joseph (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Copper
Brief description
Figure of St Joseph holding two doves, possibly from a casket; copper with gilding, France, Limoges, around 1210
Dimensions
  • Maximum, from head to feet height: 18.7cm
  • Maximum, across upper arm to beak of birds. width: 6cm
  • From head to back, maximum depth: 1.6cm
Credit line
Dr W.L. Hildburgh Bequest
Bibliographic reference
Gauthier, Marie-Madeleine, Élisabeth Antoine and Danielle Gaborit-Chopin, eds, Corpus des émaux méridionaux, tome II: L'apogée 1190-1215. Includes a CD-Rom catalogue. Paris: Éditions du Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques / Éditions du Louvre, 2011. ISBN 978 2 7355 0728 3
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.512-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O379105/figure-of-st-joseph-figure/
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