Liturgical Slab | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1949.130
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Liturgical Slab
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Altar Base-- Liturgical Slab
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: c. 1100-1150
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Provence
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229057

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Marble, with encrustation
Dimensions: 22 x 33.7 x 7.5 cm (8 11/16 x 13 1/4 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mrs. George P. Metcalfe, Providence, RI, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. George P. Metcalf
Accession Year: 1949
Object Number: 1949.130
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Linda Seidel, "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. X: The Fogg Art Museum. II: The Rhône Valley, Provence, Languedoc, Western and Northern France", GESTA (1972), vol. XI, no. 2, pp. 65, cat. no. 6, repr. b/w fig. 12
Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 21, fig. 160

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