1965.475: Bust of the Virgin
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1965.475
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Bust of the Virgin
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, bust
- Date
- 13th century
- Culture
- Spanish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/228404
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wood with traces of polychromy
- Dimensions
- 34.7 x 27 x 18.5 cm (13 11/16 x 10 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, 1929, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
- Accession Year
- 1965
- Object Number
- 1965.475
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Wax or glue infusion evident on surface (probably to help with insect infestation). Traces of polychromy, including blue tears and pink face. Tree rings evident on bottom of piece.
Publication History
- [Reproduction only], "Some Recent Acquisitions", Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1965, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1966)., p. 70, repr.
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