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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.68
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Christ Falling under the Weight of the Cross
Classification
Plaques
Work Type
plaque
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Limoges
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229007

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Enamel on copper, in grisaille
Dimensions
22.8 x 16.4 x 2 cm (9 x 6 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
framed: 31.7 x 25.3 x 3 cm (12 1/2 x 9 15/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: back of plaque, black ink, handwritten: N6246

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
A. C. Chapin. H. F. Dawson. Joseph Brummer, New York, sold [through Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 730]; to Fogg Art Musuem, 1949

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.68
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Gilded border. Surface is convex.

Publication History

  • The Notable Art Collection Belonging to the estate of the late Joseph Brummer, auct. cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (New York, NY, April 20 1940-April 23 1949), p. 201, no. 730

Verification Level

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