Saint Barbara
Unknown Austrian, Austrian
early 15th century
Wood with polychromy, gesso and traces of gilding
Overall: 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Anton Adolph Raven, Class of 1937H
S.966.163
Geography
Place Made: Austria, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
REL 1, Patterns of Religious Experience, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013
ARTH 33, Gothic Art and Architecture, Jane Carroll, Spring 2014
ARTH 15.1, Gothic Art, Jane Carroll, Spring 2019
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020
GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020
GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Winter 2021
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021
HIST 96.39, Saints and Material Devotion, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Fall 2021
HIST 96.39, Saints and Relics, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Fall 2021
Exhibition History
Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 5-24, 1974.
Creating the Feminine: Representations of Biblical Women from Sixteenth-Century Germany, A Space for Dialogue 85, Sara E. Trautz, Class of 2015, Mellon Special Project Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 8-December 21, 2014.
Publication History
Dorothy Gillerman, Gothic Sculpture in America, I. The New England Museums, New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1989, p. 346.
Sara E. Trautz, Creating the Feminine: Representations of Biblical Women from Sixteenth-Century Germany, A Space for Dialogue 85, Hanover, New Hampshire, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2014, ill. p. 3, checklist no. 9.
Provenance
Collection of Anton Adolph Raven (1895-1955, Dartmouth College Professor of English), Hanover, New Hampshire; bequeathed to present collection, 1966.
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