SOUTH WEST FRENCH OR SPANISH, 12TH / 13th CENTURY
Lot 9Property from the Collection of Paul W. Doll, Jr.

SOUTH WEST FRENCH OR SPANISH, 12TH / 13th CENTURY

A PAIR OF CARVED MARBLE CAPITALS

Closed20 October 2020

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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
13 ½ 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.

Specialist note

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.