Museum collection · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 204270
Child Jesus (from a nativity)
Unknown maker, 18th century (?)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964 · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- 18th century (?)
- Medium
- Ivory (or possibly bone?) and wood, polychromed and gilded.
- Dimensions
- L. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
- Era
- Museum collection
Why it matters
Child Jesus (from a nativity), dated 18th century (?), is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Ivory (or possibly bone?) and wood, polychromed and gilded.. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are L. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.