Blessing Figure Holding Book | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.17
People: Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Spanish Unidentified Artist
Title: Blessing Figure Holding Book
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Architectural Relief
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: c. 1125-1150
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Northern Italy
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231207

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Polychromed marble

Dimensions

57 x 22.5 x 10.6 cm (22 7/16 x 8 7/8 x 4 3/16 in.)
wood frame: 69 x 35.7 x 10.6 cm (27 3/16 x 14 1/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in image, incised, Latin: PETRUS: MO / NNINCI: ET / PR: IUSSIT / HC OPUS FACE / RE [per Seidel]
inscription: l.r. of frame, white ink, handwritten: 6590 / [IMSSSS?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Arthur Sachs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1936

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arthur Sachs, Class of 1901
Accession Year: 1936
Object Number: 1936.17
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: III: Spain, Italy, the Low Countries, and Addenda", GESTA (1973), vol. XII, no. 1/2, no. 10, repr.

Verification Level

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