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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.129.A
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Corbel
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
first quarter 12th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228895

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
60.96 x 30.48 x 15.24 cm (24 x 12 x 6 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
1949.47.129.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Corbel with human face with bulging eyes

Publication History

  • Linda Seidel, "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. X: The Fogg Art Museum. II: The Rhône Valley, Provence, Languedoc, Western and Northern France", GESTA (1972), vol. XI, no. 2, pp. 74-75, cat. no. 13k, repr. b/w fig. 30
  • Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 29l, fig. 181
  • The Limestone Sculpture Provenance Project, website, 2004

Verification Level

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