Harvard Art Museums > 1943.3: Saint John the Baptist and the Prophets Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Saint John the Baptist and the Prophets (Unidentified Artist) , 1943.3,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/230441. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.3 People Unidentified Artist Title Saint John the Baptist and the Prophets Classification Sculpture Work Type relief, sculpture Date 15th century Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/230441 Physical Descriptions Medium Alabaster with polychromy Dimensions 41 x 25.5 x 5.3 cm (16 1/8 x 10 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.) with mount: 54 x 25.7 x 5.3 cm (21 1/4 x 10 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Prof. and Mrs. George Sarton, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Professor and Mrs. George Sarton Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.3 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Ten figures in two rows. Publication History Gustav Glück, "Rubens' Kreuzaufrichtungsaltar", Belgische Kunstdenkmäler, Bruckmann Verlag (Munich, 1923), pp. 161-184, p. 172 Augusta S. Tavender, "Mediaeval English Alabasters in the Fogg Museum", Speculum (July 1959), XXXIV, no. 3, pp. 437-439, no. 72, p. 438; "Gothic Sculpture in American Collections: The Checklist: I: The New England Museums", GESTA, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman (1980), vol. XIX, no. 2, no. 14, repr. Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 131 p. 165, repr. Pamela Sheingorn, The Te Deum Altarpiece and teh Iconography of Praise, Early Tudor England: Proceedings of the 1987 Harlaxton Symposium, ed. Daniel Williams, Association for Cultural Exchange / Boydell Press (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1989), pp. 171-182, p. 173 and footnote 13, reproduced plate 2 Francis Cheetham, Alabaster Images of Medieval England, Association for Cultural Exchange / Boydell Press (Woodbridge, England, 2003), no. 4, p. 154 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
