Word: tombes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Garcia's tomb is in a convent near Burgos. In 1921, the artistic and acheological interest of its effigy was recognized, and it was removed to Burgos, where it was put on exhibition. This winter it turned up in the New York market and was purchased by the Fogg as a fitting memorial for A. Kingsley Porter, late William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts and an authority on medieval archaeology. Paul J. Sachs '00, associate director of the Museum, believes this to be one of the most important acquisitions in several years...
...From the tomb of Diego Garcia, an obscure knight who died in 1286, this reclining figure is unusually well preserved, a remarkable fact when it is considered that very few wooden statues of this period are in existence today...
...example of late 13th century work, and sheds interesting light on the comparison of Spanish and French treatment of secular subjects. Although displaying most of the medieval tendencies toward identification, a trace of realism is shown in the closed eyes of the effigy, indicating death. The majority of French tomb figures are modelled with open eyes...
...City and of its Literature at Ras Shamra" will be the subject for Wednesday, March 18, when Robert H. Pfeiffer, Curator of the Semitic Museum, will lecture. Dows Dunham '14, of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, will deliver the last lecture on Friday, March 20 on "The Unplundered Tomb of an Egyptian Queen (Hetepheres...
Friday, March 20--'The Unplundered Tomb of an Egyptian Queen (Hetep-heres)." Mr. Dews Dunham, of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts...