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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.475
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Bust of the Virgin
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, bust
Date
13th century
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228404

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood with traces of polychromy
Dimensions
34.7 x 27 x 18.5 cm (13 11/16 x 10 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, 1929, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.475
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wax or glue infusion evident on surface (probably to help with insect infestation). Traces of polychromy, including blue tears and pink face. Tree rings evident on bottom of piece.

Publication History

  • [Reproduction only], "Some Recent Acquisitions", Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1965, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1966)., p. 70, repr.

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