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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.135
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Engaged Capital with Three Figures
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/221752

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone with traces of polychrome
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
72 x 72 x 38 cm (28 3/8 x 28 3/8 x 14 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Brummer Gallery, New York], sold [1]; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949

Notes
[1] This was probably through one of the three sales of Brummer's merchandize in 1949

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.47.135
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, addenda, no. 1, repr.
  • Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 29c, figs. 171-172
  • The Limestone Sculpture Provenance Project, website, 2004

Verification Level

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