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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.9.2
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Waterspout in the Form of a Lion
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
12th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Moutiers-Saint-Jean
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231910

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
140.8 x 26.9 x 17.5 cm (55 7/16 x 10 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean Peslier, Avallon, France, 1924, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.9.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), p. 215, fig. 226
  • Elizabeth Bradford Smith, Medieval Art in America: Patterns of Collecting 1800-1940, exh. cat., Palmer Museum of Art (University Park, PA, 1996), p. 177
  • The Limestone Sculpture Provenance Project, website, 2004

Verification Level

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