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Date:: ca. 1130-1140
Geography:: Made in present-day France
Culture:: Catalan
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 16 7/8 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (42.9 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Cloisters Collection, 1925
Accession Number:: 25.120.995

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 007

Provenance

from the Benedictine monastery of St.-Michel-de-Cuxa, near Perpignan

George Grey Barnard American, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 1863–1938 New York , New York (until 1925)
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Sculpture (24,338)

Marble (2,130)
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Europe (150,450)

Spain (3,749)

Catalonia (278)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,067)
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The Cloisters (2,301)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Iberian Peninsula, 1000–1400 A.D.
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