Fireplace Jamb with Female Head | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1949.47.62
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Fireplace Jamb with Female Head
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Work Type: fireset
Date: c. 1300-1325
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Rouen
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229545

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Limestone, carbonaceous microsparite
Dimensions: 177.17 x 15.24 x 33.02 cm (69 3/4 x 6 x 13 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: 1949.47.62
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. 51, repr.
Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 87 pp. 121-122, repr.

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