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Capital: The Life of John the Baptist
Capital: The Life of John the Baptist

Capital: The Life of John the Baptist

Unidentified artist
early 13th century
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueStone; foliated marble
Dimensions38.1 x 34.3 x 32.4 cm (15 x 13 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Amos Cummings Bequest Fund
Accession number22.53
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom the Abby Church of Saint Pons de Thomières, France. By 1908, Mme Marty [see note 1]. By 1921, with Demotte; 1921, sold by Demotte, through the Fogg Museum of Art, to the MFA. (Accession Date January 5, 1922)

NOTES:
[1] J. Sahuc ("L'Art roman à Saint-Pons-de Thomières," 1908) recorded this capital amongst others in the collection "chez Mme Marty," see G. Wright, in ed. D. Gillerman, "Gothic Sculpture in America," 1989, Vol. 1, p.11.
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