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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.134
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fragment of an Abacus with Rinceau of Leaves and Beaded Interlace
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Fragment of a slab with ornamental border, fragment of postament with leaf ornament
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
1175-1200
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229306

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
18.5 x 32.8 x 46.5 cm (7 5/16 x 12 15/16 x 18 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Brummer Gallery, New York], sold [1]; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949

Notes
[1] This was probably through one of the three sales of Brummer's merchandize in 1949

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.47.134
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. II: The Rhône Valley, Provence, Languedoc, Western and Northern France", GESTA (1972), vol. XI, no. 2, p. 80, cat. no. 17, repr. b/w fig. 39
  • Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 35, fig. 192
  • Christine Smith, ed., Before and After the End of Time: Architecture and the Year 1000, exh. cat., George Braziller (New York, NY, 2000), no. 32 in checklist; p. 38; repr. p. 44

Exhibition History

  • Art of the Romanesque, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, 11/06/1960 - 12/04/1960
  • Before and After the End of Time: Architecture in the Year 1000, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/26/2000 - 01/23/2001

Verification Level

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