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Bearded Man
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Bearded Man


Date13th/14th century
MediumSandstone modillion
DimensionsOverall: 32 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (82.6 x 19.1 x 26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. James Palmer
Object number91.84
Collections
ClassificationsSculpture
Object NameSculpture
CultureWestern European
NationalityFrench
On View
Not on view
Century
  • Thirteenth/Fourteenth
ProvenanceSouthwestern France. George R. Hann Collection, unknown acquisition method and date. Purchased by James Palmer from Christie's in 1980. Gifted by Barbara and James Palmer to the Palmer Museum of Art on 12/12/1991.Published ReferencesJoan A. Holladay and Susan L. Ward, Gothic Sculpture in America (New York: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data, 2016), 376–77 (ill.) Joyce Henri Robinson, ed., A Gift from the Heart: American Art from the Collection of James and Barbara Palmer (University Park, PA: Palmer Museum of Art, 2013), 231.