1943.1030: Head of Christ

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1030

People

Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Dijon School Unidentified Artist

Title

Head of Christ

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

head, sculpture

Date

c. 1500

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France, Champagne

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230047

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Limestone and micrite with traces of polychromy

Dimensions

31.2 x 22 x 26 cm (12 5/16 x 8 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
with base: 48.5 x 22 x 26 cm (19 1/8 x 8 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Demotte, Inc., New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1918, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1030

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 38, repr.
• Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 121 p. 154-155, repr.

Exhibition History

• Loan Exhibition of Early Christian Art, Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, 03/01/1927 - 04/30/1927

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