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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.95
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Lion
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
14th-15th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Burgundy
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228964

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone, oosparite
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
39 x 48 x 128.5 cm (15 3/8 x 18 7/8 x 50 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Emile Blaise, Beaune, France. [1] [Brummer Gallery, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948

Notes
[1] Per Gillerman, 1989. Not noted on typed sheet from Brummer at the time of the Fogg's purchase.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.47.95
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Gothic Sculpture in American Collections: The Checklist: I: The New England Museums", GESTA, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman (1980), vol. XIX, no. 2, no. 52, repr.
  • Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 115 p. 148, repr.

Verification Level

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