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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.25
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Capital with Figures, Animals and Rinceaux
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Capital in Limestone, Decorated with Ornaments
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
1125-1150
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Southwestern France
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229352

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
21.8 x 24.8 x 18.5 cm (8 9/16 x 9 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Metais. [1] [Brummer Gallery, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948

Notes
[1] Per Cahn and Seidel, 1979. Not mentioned on Brummer list at the time of the Fogg's purchase

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.47.25
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, p. 66; cat. no. 7, repr. b/w fig. 13
  • Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 22, fig. 161

Verification Level

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