About the Artwork
Baptismal Font
early 16th century
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German
German
Stone
Height and diameter: 20 1/4 x 34 in. 51.4 x 86.4 cm
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Ralph H. Booth
25.9
This work is in the public domain.
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Bulletin of the DIA, vol. 6, no 7, 1925, pp 78-79, (ill).
R.P., "Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV Given", Bulletin of the DIA, vol.6, no.7, 1925, pp. 78-79, p. 79 (ill)
Gillerman, Dorothy, Gothic Sculpture in America, vol. II. The Museums of the Midwest, Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2001, p. 166, no. 126.
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German, Baptismal Font, early 16th century, Stone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ralph H. Booth, 25.9.
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