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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.47.27
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fragment of a Capital from Abbey Saint-Josse de Dommartin
Other Titles
Former Title: Fragment of a Capital with Foliate Rinceaux
Alternate Title: Frieze Fragment, foliate rinceaux
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
1153-1163
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229353

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
23.9 x 26.6 x 6.5 cm (9 7/16 x 10 1/2 x 2 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Abbey Saint-Josse de Dommartin, Pas-de-Calais, France. Charles Garnier, Paris and Lille, sold; to [Brummer Gallery, Paris and New York, 1927, Brummer stock no. P4143], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.47.27
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Medieval Sculptor, exh. cat., Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME, 1971), no. 20 and repr. in b/w as frontispiece
  • 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. 81, cat. no. 21, repr. b/w fig. 43.
  • Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 39, fig. 196
  • Christine Smith, ed., Before and After the End of Time: Architecture and the Year 1000, exh. cat., George Braziller (New York, NY, 2000), no. 31 in checklist; p. 38; repr. p. 44

Exhibition History

  • The Medieval Sculptor, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 02/12/1971 - 03/14/1971
  • Before and After the End of Time: Architecture in the Year 1000, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/26/2000 - 01/23/2001
  • The Nature of Things: Medieval Art and Ecology, 1100-1550, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 03/10/2023 - 08/06/2023

Verification Level

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