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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.108
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Architectural Fragment with Head of a Lion
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
c. 1100-1130
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Périgord
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221553

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
20 x 18 x 9 cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 3 9/16 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
1949.47.108
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Modelled fragment of a lion's face, with foliage issuing from an opened mouth.

Publication History

  • The Medieval Sculptor, exh. cat., Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME, 1971), no. 17
  • 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, pp. 69-70, cat. no. 13a, repr. b/w fig. 20
  • Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 29a, fig. 169
  • The Limestone Sculpture Provenance Project, website, 2004

Exhibition History

  • The Medieval Sculptor, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 02/12/1971 - 03/14/1971

Verification Level

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