1949.47.4: Capital with Foliate Design
Architectural Elements
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1949.47.4
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Capital with Foliate Design
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Gilded Stone Capital
- Classification
- Architectural Elements
- Work Type
- architectural element
- Date
- 12th-15th century
- Culture
- European
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229176
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Stone, gilded and polychromed
- Technique
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 16.2 x 24 x 15.2 cm (6 3/8 x 9 7/16 x 6 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: back of capital, graphite, handwritten: N972
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
- 1949.47.4
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Design of flowers, vines, and leaves.
Verification Level
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