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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.86
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fragment of the Incised Tombstone of Guillaume de Crevecoeur, Bishop of Coutances (d. 1408)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1408
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Oise
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229246

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone, microsparite and biosparite
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
15.5 x 100.7 x 6.3 cm (6 1/8 x 39 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: incised, Latin: [ ]creuecuer jadis Euesque de coustances[ ] [=Crevecoeur, formerly Bishop of Coutances]

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
1949.47.86
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. 49b, repr.
  • Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 118 p. 150-151, repr.

Verification Level

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