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French (La Charité-sur-Loire)
Medieval (Romanesque)
about 1100–25
Object Place: Europe, La Charite sur Loire, France

Medium/Technique Stone; limestone
Dimensions 62 x 68 x 42 cm (24 7/16 x 26 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number49.534
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture

ProvenanceLa Charité-sur-Loire (Nièvre), France (original commission). 1934, Charbonnel, La Flêche, France; July 2, 1934, sold by Charbonnel to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P11005); June 9, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 595, to the MFA for $600 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: June 9, 1949)

NOTES:
[1] Its companion was purchased by the St. Louis Art Museum.