Capital with Acanthus Leaves | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1949.47.125
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Capital with Acanthus Leaves
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: 1150-1175
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/228975

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Limestone
Technique: Carved
Dimensions: 76 × 88 × 64.5 cm (29 15/16 × 34 5/8 × 25 3/8 in.)

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: 1949.47.125
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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, p. 80, cat. no. 19, repr. b/w fig. 41
Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 37, fig. 194
Christine Smith, ed., Before and After the End of Time: Architecture and the Year 1000, exh. cat., George Braziller (New York, NY, 2000), no. 30 in checklist; p. 38, repr. p. 43

Verification Level

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