Architectural Fragment with Torso in Profile

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1949.47.101
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Architectural Fragment with Torso in Profile
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Limestone Fragment-Tympanum Relief, Autun Cathedral
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: c. 1130
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Vézelay
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/228967

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Limestone
Technique: Carved
Dimensions: 27.2 x 19.5 x 17.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Abbé Terret. [1] [Brummer Gallery, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum 1948

Notes
[1] Per typed list 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: 1949.47.101
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Linda Seidel, "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections: IX: The William Hayes Fogg Art Museum: I: Burgundy", GESTA (1972), vol XI, no. 1, no. 11, repr.
Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 11, fig. 142

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