About the Artwork
Christoff von Gotes
1591
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German
German
Lead with traces of copper
Overall: 5/16 × 1 7/8 inches (0.8 × 4.8 cm) Mount: 2 7/8 × 2 15/16 × 2 1/16 inches (7.3 × 7.5 × 5.2 cm)
Medals
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund
59.327
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, on front: CHRISTOFF : VON : GOTES : --DEN : FASTT. DES : GOTZIVS . WFTTNGF | .WAS. ANNO : 15 : 91 : SIN. ALTER. 48. VND. 28. ANN : DER : REGIERVNG.
Provenance
(Alfred Spero, London, England)
1959-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"Family Art Game," DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit Free Press, May 18, 1986, p. 35 (ill.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
German, Christoff von Gotes, 1591, lead with traces of copper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund, 59.327.
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