1949.47.30: Corbel with Crouching Figure

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1949.47.30

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Corbel with Crouching Figure

Classification

Architectural Elements

Work Type

architectural element

Date

c. 1150

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France, Burgundy

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229468

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Limestone

Technique

Carved

Dimensions

28 x 19.1 x 36.8 cm (11 x 7 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Brummer Gallery, New York], 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

1949.47.30

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Linda Seidel, "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections: IX: The William Hayes Fogg Art Museum: I: Burgundy", GESTA (1972), vol XI, no. 1, no. 15, 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. 15b, fig. 147
• Christine Smith, ed., Before and After the End of Time: Architecture and the Year 1000, exh. cat., George Braziller (New York, NY, 2000), no. 26 in checklist; pp. 30, 38, repr. p. 39

Exhibition History

• Before and After the End of Time: Architecture in the Year 1000, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/26/2000 - 01/23/2001

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