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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.7
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Capital with Foliate Design
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Capital
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
14th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228993

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone, microsparite
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
22 x 20 x 14 cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: black ink, handwritten: 42343

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
1949.47.7
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. 56, repr.
  • Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 104 pp. 138-139, repr.

Verification Level

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