About the Artwork
Gemellion (hand-washing basin) or Alms Dish with Saint George
16th century
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German
German
Brass
Overall: 2 3/4 × 10 5/16 inches (7 × 26.2 cm)
Metalwork
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
City of Detroit Purchase
22.264
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(J. Salomon, Paris, France)
1922-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
German (likely Nuremberg), Gemellion (hand-washing basin) or Alms Dish with Saint George, 16th century, brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 22.264.
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