Inscribed: jermia p[ro]pfrote[]a an[n]o d[omi]n[i] xliiii

until 1818, Carmelite Church (Boppard-am-Rhein, Germany)

1818-1871, Count Hermann Pückler (Muskau)

by descent to Count Puckler-Branitz (Muskau)

Baron Frédéric Spitzer (Paris, France)

1893, his sale (Paris, France) lot 3359

(A. Huber, Zurich, Switzerland)

(J. Böhler, Lucerne, Switzerland)

(Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc., Paris, France and New York, New York)

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German, The Three Marys, 1444, pot metal; white glass with silver stain and olive-green enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Anne E. Shipman Stevens Bequest Fund, 40.52.