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Title:Mourning Woman
Date:ca. 1480
Culture:South Netherlandish
Medium:Walnut, polychromy and gilding
Dimensions:Overall: 19 1/8 x 6 9/16 x 4 3/16 in. (48.5 x 16.6 x 10.7 cm)
Classification:Sculpture-Wood
Credit Line:Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Object Number:41.100.128
E. Vaïsse, Marseille (until 1885); his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (May 5-8, 1885, no. 25); Edouard André ; Maurice Chabrières-Arlès, Lyon and Paris ( from about 1900–03); George and Florence Blumenthal, Paris and New York (1926-1941)
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