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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.133
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Voussoir with the Wise Virgin
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
c. 1250
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Charroux
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229305

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oosparite limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
78 x 46 x 28.7 cm (30 11/16 x 18 1/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: edge of niche, red paint, hand painted: L1488
  • inscription: edge of niche, yellow paint, hand painted: (possibly Brummer Gallery): [88717 or B8717?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Brummer Gallery, New York], sold [1]; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949

Notes
[1] This was probably through one of the three sales of Brummer's merchandize in 1949

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.47.133
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. 22, repr.
  • Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 86 pp. 120-121, repr.

Verification Level

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