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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.100
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Arm from a Figure
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1175-1225
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Yonne
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228954

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone, biosparite
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
19 x 35.2 x 9.4 cm (7 1/2 x 13 7/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on arm, black ink: CATH. de SENS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.47.100
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Léon Pressouyre, "Sculptures Retrouvées de la cathédrale de Sens", Bulletin Monumental (1969), vol. 127, no. 2, pp. 107-118, p. 118, n. 2
  • "Gothic Sculpture in American Collections: The Checklist: I: The New England Museums", GESTA, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman (1980), vol. XIX, no. 2, no. 18, repr.
  • Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 84 pp. 119-120, repr.

Verification Level

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