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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1970.60
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Virgin and Child
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
13th-14th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227711

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Walnut
Dimensions
29 x 8.2 x 7 cm (11 7/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
with base: 35.2 x 9.5 x 7 cm (13 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus, New York, NY (by 1927 - 1936); Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus (1936-1970) gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1970.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus
Accession Year
1970
Object Number
1970.60
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Loan Exhibition of Religious Art for the Benefit of The Basilique of the Sacre Coeur of Paris, exh. cat., Jacques Seligmann & Co. (New York, 1927), cat. no. XVII, reproduced
  • Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1969-1970, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1971), p. 147, repr.
  • Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic Art in Europe 1270 to 1330, exh. cat., Brown University (Providence, RI, 1977), no. 10, repr.
  • "Gothic Sculpture in American Collections: The Checklist: I: The New England Museums", GESTA, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman (1980), vol. XIX, no. 2, no. 2, repr.
  • Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 289 p. 383, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Loan Exhibition of Religious Art for the Benefit of the Basilique of the Sacre Coeur of Paris, Jacques Seligmann Galleries, 03/01/1927 - 04/01/1927
  • Transformations of the Court Style : Gothic Art in Europe 1270 to 1330, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/02/1977 - 02/27/1977

Verification Level

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