Harvard Art Museums > BR49.306.A-G: Carved Altarpiece with Madonna and Child in Glory, St. Erasmus, St. Catherine; the Twelve Apostles; St. Anthony, St. Anne with Madonna and Child, St. Vitus, St. Margaret, St. Sebastian Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Carved Altarpiece with Madonna and Child in Glory, St. Erasmus, St. Catherine; the Twelve Apostles; St. Anthony, St. Anne with Madonna and Child, St. Vitus, St. Margaret, St. Sebastian (Unidentified Artist) , BR49.306.A-G,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 08, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/184369. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR49.306.A-G People Unidentified Artist Title Carved Altarpiece with Madonna and Child in Glory, St. Erasmus, St. Catherine; the Twelve Apostles; St. Anthony, St. Anne with Madonna and Child, St. Vitus, St. Margaret, St. Sebastian Other Titles Alternate Title: Triptych of the Madonna in Glory Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1524 Places Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Lower Saxony Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/184369 Physical Descriptions Medium Polychromed wood (possibly lindenwood), oak Dimensions 236 x 288.7 x 37.8 cm (92 15/16 x 113 11/16 x 14 7/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous gift Accession Year 1949 Object Number BR49.306.A-G Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Charles L. Kuhn, German and Netherlandish Sculpture, 1280-1800, the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 15, cat. no. 30 pp. 75-76, repr. as pl. XXX Anneliese Harding, German Sculpture in New England Museums, Goethe Institute (Boston, MA, 1972), repr. p. 51 as fig. 77 Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 152 pp. 190-191, repr. Julien Chapuis, Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, 1999), p. 154 [in: Timeline of Selected North American Acquisitions of German Late Gothic Sculpture] Michele D. Marincola and Lucretia Kargère, The Conservation of Medieval Polychrome Sculpture: History, Theory, Practice, Getty Conservation Institute (Los Angeles, 2020), p. 239 note 5 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
