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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.146
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Spandrel with Wreath of Leaves Enclosing Pine Cones
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Architectural Fragment
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
c. 1120-1132
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Vézelay
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221753

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
23.3 x 38.3 x 10.5 cm (9 3/16 x 15 1/16 x 4 1/8 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
1949.47.146
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Linda Seidel, "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections: IX: The William Hayes Fogg Art Museum: I: Burgundy", GESTA (1972), vol XI, no. 1, no. 8, 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. 8, fig. 139
  • Christine Smith, ed., Before and After the End of Time: Architecture and the Year 1000, exh. cat., George Braziller (New York, NY, 2000), no. 35 in checklist; pp. 38, 52; repr. p. 47
  • The Limestone Sculpture Provenance Project, website, 2004

Exhibition History

  • St. Peter from Cluny : a medieval puzzle, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/21/1974 - 03/24/1974
  • The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/29/1995 - 05/13/2001

Verification Level

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