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Date:: late 13th–early 14th century
Geography:: Made in Pyrénées-Aquintaine, France
Culture:: French
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: H.: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) D.: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Cloisters Collection, 1925
Accession Number:: 25.120.790

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 012

Provenance

From the Cistercian abbey at Bonnefont-en-Comminges and other nearby monasteries

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)

France (49,658)

Burgundy (718)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,067)
In the Museum
The Cloisters (2,301)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1000–1400 A.D.
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