Voussoir with Standing Figure | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1949.47.12
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Voussoir with Standing Figure
Other Titles: Alternate Title: High Relief in Limestone with Standing Figure of a Saint Voussoir
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: 1125-1175
Culture: Portuguese?
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229206

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Sandstone
Technique: Carved
Dimensions: 56.5 x 32 x 56.5 cm (22 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 22 1/4 in.)

Provenance

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

Notes
[1] Per Brummer Gallery lists

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year: 1949
Object Number: 1949.47.12
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: III: Spain, Italy, the Low Countries, and Addenda", GESTA (1973), vol. XII, no. 1/2, no. 8, 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. 50, fig. 209

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