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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.141
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Female Head
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Head of a Female Effigy
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
1325-1375
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229308

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
38 x 33.5 x 26 cm (14 15/16 x 13 3/16 x 10 1/4 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
1949.47.141
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 102 p. 136-137, repr.

Verification Level

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