God the Father | Yale University Art Gallery

16th century

Medium: Polychromed and gilded wood
Dimensions: 17 11/16 × 17 1/2 in. (45 × 44.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert W. De Forrest, Yale 1870, April 15, 1930
Accession Number: 1930.51
Geography: Possibly made in Lombardy, Italy
Culture: Italian, Lombardy(?)
Period: 16th century
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Acquired by Robert W. DeForest in Germany (–1930); Yale University Art Gallery (1930–)

Bibliography

Anneliese Harding, German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston: Goethe Institute, 1972), 87.

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

religious art, sculpture

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