Live Auction 7540A House on the Wiltshire Downs
AN OAK, SATINBIRCH AND FRUITWOOD ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF THE MAISON CARRÉE, NÎMES
Lot 80

AN OAK, SATINBIRCH AND FRUITWOOD ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF THE MAISON CARRÉE, NÎMES

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Closed6 March 2008

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GBP 24,500

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AN OAK, SATINBIRCH AND FRUITWOOD ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF THE MAISON CARRÉE, NÎMES
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Of large size, with thirty fluted columns with gilt-composition capitals
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 37½ in. (95.5 cm.) long; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide

Specialist note

The Maison Carrée at Nîmes in southern France is one of the best preserved temples to be found anywhere in the territory of the Roman Empire. It was built c. 19-16 B.C. by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, also the original patron of the Pantheon, and was dedicated to his two sons, Gaius Julius Caesar Vipsanius and Lucius Caesar, adopted heirs of Emperor Augustus.