Harvard Art Museums > 1934.15: Capital with Acanthus Decoration Architectural Elements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Capital with Acanthus Decoration (Unidentified Artist) , 1934.15,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/231273. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1934.15 People Unidentified Artist Title Capital with Acanthus Decoration Other Titles Alternate Title: Capital from Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon: Acanthus decoration Classification Architectural Elements Work Type architectural element Date 1150-1175 Places Creation Place: Europe, France, Avignon Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/231273 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Technique Carved Dimensions 30.6 x 25.6 x 26 cm (12 1/16 x 10 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Marius-André Garcin, Apt, France]. [1] Alphonse Kann, Paris. [2] [Joseph Brummer, New York, sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1930, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934 Notes [1] Per von Stockhausen, 1936 [2] Per Brummer invoice Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886 Accession Year 1934 Object Number 1934.15 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. 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. Publication History R. de L. Brimo, "A Second Capital from Notre Dame des Doms at Avignon", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum (November 1935), vol. V, no. 1, pp. 9-11, pp. 9-11, figs. 1 and 2 Hans-Adelbert von Stockhausen, "Die Romanischen Kreuzgange der Provence: II. Teil: Die Plastik", Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft (1936), 8. Bd., pp. 89-171., pp. 125-126 Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art français, exh. cat., Petit Palais, Paris (Paris, France, 1937) Arts of the Middle Ages, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1940), no. 165 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, pp. 62-63; cat. no. 3b, repr. b/w fig. 9 Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 18b, figs. 156-157 Exhibition History Chefs d'oeuvres de l'art française, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Paris, 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1937 Arts of the Middle Ages, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 02/17/1940 - 03/24/1940 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
