Head of Christ | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1949.27
People: Follower of Giovanni Pisano, Italian (Pisa, Italy c. 1248 - 1314/1319)
Title: Head of Christ
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, head
Date: c. 1300-1310
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229247

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Wood with traces of polychromy
Dimensions: 19 x 17.7 x 13 cm (7 1/2 x 6 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
height with projecting piece: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1949
Object Number: 1949.27
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. 6, repr.
Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 135 p. 170, repr.

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