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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.178
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Head of a Man
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Head of Christ
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, head
Date
16th century
Culture
French?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228105

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Carved wood
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
27 x 20.4 x 18 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
with base: 29.8 x 20.4 x 18 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: back of head, ink, handwritten: #22
  • label: back of base, ink, handwritten: #22

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. M. Warburg, New York, NY, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. M. Warburg
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.178
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Gothic Sculpture in American Collections: The Checklist: I: The New England Museums", GESTA, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman (1980), vol. XIX, no. 2, no. 5, repr.

Verification Level

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