Name: SOUTH WEST FRENCH OR SPANISH, 12TH / 13th CENTURY
Brand: A PAIR OF CARVED MARBLE CAPITALS
Price: 7500.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

SOUTH WEST FRENCH OR SPANISH, 12TH / 13th CENTURY
A PAIR OF CARVED MARBLE CAPITALS
Both on later composite columnar bases and blue-painted wooden base
13¹⁄₂ in. (34.5 cm.) high, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide, 10 in. (25.5 cm.) deep

With Georges Joseph Demotte (1877-1923), Paris and New York, 1920s / 1930s [by repute].
With Joseph Brummer (1883-1947), New York [by repute].
Baron Jean German Léon Cassel van Doorn (1882-1952) and Baroness Marie Cassel van Doorn, Brussels, Paris and Cannes and Englewood, New Jersey.

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These two capitals are close to examples to be found in the Dordogne and Aurillac regions, such as the destroyed church of St. Géraud. Yet they are also close to examples in northern Spain, such as the strikingly similar capitals at Loarre castle and at Frómista. Both are along the Pilgrimage Road and, like the present pair, may be the products of iterant sculptors working in both areas.