1949.47.108: Architectural Fragment with Head of a Lion

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1949.47.108

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Architectural Fragment with Head of a Lion

Classification

Architectural Elements

Work Type

architectural element

Date

c. 1100-1130

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France, Périgord

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/221553

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Limestone

Technique

Carved

Dimensions

20 x 18 x 9 cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

1949.47.108

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Modelled fragment of a lion's face, with foliage issuing from an opened mouth.

Publication History

• The Medieval Sculptor, exh. cat., Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME, 1971), no. 17
• 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. 69-70, cat. no. 13a, repr. b/w fig. 20
• Walter Cahn and Linda Seidel, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, volume 1: New England Museums, Burt Franklin & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), no. 29a, fig. 169
• The Limestone Sculpture Provenance Project, website, 2004

Exhibition History

• The Medieval Sculptor, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 02/12/1971 - 03/14/1971

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