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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.40
People
Brokof Family Workshop, Czech
Title
Kneeling Angel
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1710
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Austrian Empire, Prague (Bohemia)
Culture
Bohemian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228091

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychrome and gilt wood
Dimensions
87.2 x 66 x 48 cm (34 5/16 x 26 x 18 7/8 in.)
with base: 92 cm (36 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inside right wing, gold paint, incised and painted: E

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Erskine family, England, 1830, by descent; to The Honorable Robert Erskine, London, by descent through family, sold; to [Mathias Komor, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul Bernat
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.40
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Coolidge, "A Kneeling Angel from the Brokoff Family Workshop", Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions (Cambridge MA, 1966), pp. 149-154, repr. in b/w pp. 150,151

Verification Level

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