1925.9.2: Waterspout in the Form of a Lion
Architectural Elements
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1925.9.2
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Waterspout in the Form of a Lion
- Classification
- Architectural Elements
- Work Type
- architectural element
- Date
- 12th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, France, Moutiers-Saint-Jean
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/231910
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Limestone
- Technique
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 140.8 x 26.9 x 17.5 cm (55 7/16 x 10 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Jean Peslier, Avallon, France, 1924, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1925.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
- Accession Year
- 1925
- Object Number
- 1925.9.2
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), p. 215, fig. 226
- Elizabeth Bradford Smith, Medieval Art in America: Patterns of Collecting 1800-1940, exh. cat., Palmer Museum of Art (University Park, PA, 1996), p. 177
- The Limestone Sculpture Provenance Project, website, 2004
Verification Level
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