Harvard Art Museums > 1962.308.1: Altar Colonette with Saint Paul Architectural Elements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Altar Colonette with Saint Paul (Unidentified Artist) , 1962.308.1,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228197. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1962.308.1 People Unidentified Artist Title Altar Colonette with Saint Paul Classification Architectural Elements Work Type architectural element Date c. 1225-1250 Places Creation Place: Europe, Spain, Sahagun Culture Spanish Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228197 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble, microsparite Dimensions 91 x 21.7 x 22.4 cm (35 13/16 x 8 9/16 x 8 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: on St. Paul's scroll, incised: FR[ATRE]S / VIDE / TE Q [UOMOD]O / CAU / TE ABV / LETIS [from Ephesians 5:15, "Brethren, see then that you walk circumspectly."] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Monastery of San Benito, Sahagún. [Unidentified dealer, Madrid], sold; to Arthur Kingsley Porter, Cambridge, 1925, by descent?; to Lucy Wallace Porter, his wife, Cambridge, 1933, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Lucy Wallace Porter Accession Year 1962 Object Number 1962.308.1 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Manuel Gómez-Moreno, Catálogo Monumental de España: Provincia de León, Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes (Madrid, Spain, 1925), p. 348 Arthur Kingsley Porter, Spanish Romanesque Sculpture, Pegasus Press and Pantheon Books (Paris, France and Florence, Italy, 1928), vol. II, p. 8, repr. as pl. 120 Frederick B. Deknatel, "Sculptured Columns from Sahagún and the Amiens Style in Spain", Medieval Studies in Memory of Kingsley Porter, ed. Wilhelm R. W. Koehler, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1939), pp. 301-310, pp. 301-310, repr. as fig. 3 [Unidentified article], Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1962-1963, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1964), p. 28, repr. "Gothic Sculpture in American Collections: The Checklist: I: The New England Museums", GESTA, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman (1980), vol. XIX, no. 2, no. 70, repr. Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 141 pp. 176-177, repr. Elizabeth Bradford Smith, Medieval Art in America: Patterns of Collecting 1800-1940, exh. cat., Palmer Museum of Art (University Park, PA, 1996), p. 178 Exhibition History Medieval Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley, 11/21/1970 - 02/07/1971 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
