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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.71
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Spandrel with Griffin in a Roundel
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Fragment depicting a Griffin / Carved Limestone Fragment- Lion of St. Mark? (from Vezelay)
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
1125-1150
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Vézelay
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221552

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone with traces of polychromy
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
25 x 71.5 x 16.8 cm (9 13/16 x 28 1/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Peslier, sold; [to Brummer Gallery, New York, 1930], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.47.71
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Medieval Sculptor, exh. cat., Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME, 1971), no. 13
  • Linda Seidel, "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections: IX: The William Hayes Fogg Art Museum: I: Burgundy", GESTA (1972), vol XI, no. 1, no. 7, repr.
  • Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 7, fig. 138
  • Lore Holmes, Charles Little, and Edward V. Sayre, Elemental Characterization of Medieval Limestone Sculpture from Parisian and Burgundian Sources, Journal of Field Archaeology, Taylor & Francis (Boston: Boston University for the Association of Field Archaeology, Winter 1986), vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 419-438
  • Amanda Luyster, ed., Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece, exh. cat., Harvey Miller Publishers (London, 2023), pp. 306-307, repr. p. 305

Exhibition History

  • The Medieval Sculptor, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 02/12/1971 - 03/14/1971

Verification Level

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