Lion
about 1225–50
Medium/TechniqueStone; carbonaceous limestone
Dimensions78 cm (30 11/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession number40.784
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceArt Market, England (?) [see note 1]. 1940, Raphael Stora, New York; 1940, sold by Stora to the MFA for $1500. (Accession Date: December 12, 1940)
Notes:
[1] "[The object's] previous history is unknown except for the reliable fact that it first appeared on the market in England." Georg Swarzenski, "A Romanesque Stone Lion," Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, No. 233 (June 1941): 32.
Notes:
[1] "[The object's] previous history is unknown except for the reliable fact that it first appeared on the market in England." Georg Swarzenski, "A Romanesque Stone Lion," Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, No. 233 (June 1941): 32.
