1930.37: Figure of an Apostle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1930.37

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Figure of an Apostle

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Figure of a Saint / Wooden Applique, Saint

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture, figure

Date

c. 1250

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Spain, Catalonia

Culture

Spanish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231598

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Wood with traces of polychrome

Technique

Carved

Dimensions

31 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm (12 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
with mount: 37 x 12.5 x 5.3 cm (14 9/16 x 4 15/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dupont. Per Cook 1939 (see bibliography), Dupont, an antiques dealer, brought the work to Barcelona; he reported it had come from a church in the region of La Seo de Urgel.
Unidentified Dealer, Sort, Spain, Sold to Junyent. Per Cook, 1939 (see bibliography)
D. Olaguer Junyent, Barcelona, Spain, 1914, Sold to Plandiura. Per Cook, 1939 (see bibliography).
D. Luis Plandiura, Barcelona, Spain, Purchased from Junyent. Per Cook, 1939 (see bibliography).
Joaquin Cabrejo, Madrid, Spain, Purchased from Plandiura?, 1919. Per Cook, 1939 (see bibliography)
Leon Schinasi, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1930. Through Arnold Seligmann, Rey, and Co.; it is unclear if Schinasi ever had possession of the piece or had it sent to the Fogg at the time of his purchase.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Leon Schinasi, Esq.

Accession Year

1930

Object Number

1930.37

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

• Josep Gudiól i Cunill, Els Primitius, S. Babra (Barcelona, Spain, 1927-1929), part 2, p. 44, repr. as fig. 4
• Unidentified article, Fogg Art Museum Annual Report (Cambridge, MA, 1930), pp. 5, 17
• "A Catalan Wooden Altar Frontal from Farrera", Medieval Studies In Memory of A. Kingsley Porter, ed. Wilhelm R. W. Koehler, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1939), pp. 293-300, pp. 294, 298; repr. as fig. 1, p. 295
• "Gothic Sculpture in American Collections: The Checklist: I: The New England Museums", GESTA, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman (1980), vol. XIX, no. 2, no. 9, repr.
• Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 75 p. 103-104, repr., no. 140 p. 176

Exhibition History

• Unidentified Exhibition, Lamont Library, 1957, Lamont Library, Cambridge, 04/01/1957 - 04/30/1957
• The Spirit of the Cathedral, Old South Church, Boston, 05/01/1964 - 05/31/1964

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