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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.102
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Hammer Beam with Figure of an Angel
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Statue of an Angel
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, figure
Date
1475-1525
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227959

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychromed oak
Dimensions
114.5 x 27.5 x 22 cm (45 1/16 x 10 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
with base: 118.5 x 28 x 22 cm (46 5/8 x 11 x 8 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Boss collection, Sussex, England. [Mathias Komor, New York, NY], sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1964

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.102
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Coolidge, "An English Hammer Beam", Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions (1965), pp. 34-37, pp. 34-37, repr.
  • "Gothic Sculpture in American Collections: The Checklist: I: The New England Museums", GESTA, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman (1980), vol. XIX, no. 2, no. 1, repr.
  • Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 132 p. 166, repr.

Verification Level

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