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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.117
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Voussoir with Foliate Design
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Voussoir section
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
c. 1100-1130
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Périgord
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229096

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
17.5 x 50 x 28 cm (6 7/8 x 19 11/16 x 11 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.47.117
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Voussoir with vine motifs

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, p. 75, cat. no. 13m, repr. b/w fig. 32
  • Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 29n, fig. 183
  • The Limestone Sculpture Provenance Project, website, 2004

Verification Level

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