Majestas Domini; from the Barbarossa Chandelier at Aachen Cathedral
Unknown German, German
after Meister Wilbert, German, 12th century
chandelier about 1165-1170; rubbing 1859
Ink rubbing on wove paper
Sheet: 18 1/4 × 12 3/8 in. (46.4 × 31.5 cm)
Overall: 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ethel C. and Herbert E. Hirschland, Class of 1939
PR.985.2.1.8
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Provenance
Ed. Schultze (Lugt 906) (unknown-about 1900); Julius Hofmann (1840-1913), Vienna, Austria; J. B. (Jsreal Ber) Neumann (1887-1961); probably Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York; to his son, Herbert Ernst Hirschland (1918-2003) and Ethel W. Hirschland (1925-1996), Wilton, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1985.
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