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Corbel of Dozing Man, "Acedia"
Corbel of Dozing Man, "Acedia"

Corbel of Dozing Man, "Acedia"

Unidentified artist
13th century
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueStone; limestone, intramicrite
Dimensions41.9 x 43.2 x 76.2 cm (16 1/2 x 17 x 30 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number55.9
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceAcquired in London by John Hewett (b. 1919 - d. 1994), London [see note 1]. 1955, H.M. Calmann, London; 1955, sold by Calmann to the MFA for £100. (Accession Date: January 13, 1955)

NOTES:
[1] According to Georg Swarzenski, "A Head from Rheims and an English Corbel," MFA Bulletin 53, no. 294 (Winter, 1955), p. 73, n. 2, the corbel had been "acquired in London by John Hewett".

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