Engaged Column with Design of Grapevines

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1934.16
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Engaged Column with Design of Grapevines
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: 5th-6th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Toulouse
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231359

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Marble
Technique: Carved
Dimensions: 139.2 x 21 x 20.5 cm (54 13/16 x 8 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Alphonse Kann, Paris. [Joseph Brummer, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1930, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

Accession Year

1934

Object Number

1934.16

Division

European and American Art

Contact

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Descriptions

Description: Carved 3/4 around with design of grapes and grapevines.

Publication History

R. de L. Brimo, "A Byzantine Column from Toulouse", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum (November 1934), vol. IV, no. 1, pp. 15-17, pp. 15-17, repr. in b/w
"A Sixth-Century Column", Harvard Alumni Bulletin (November 23, 1934), vol. XXXVII, no. 9, p. 256, p. 256, repr. in b/w

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1934.16: Engaged Column with Design of Grapevines