Live Auction 14193Robert de Balkany Rome & the Côte d'Azur
AN OAK, SATINBIRCH AND FRUITWOOD ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF THE MAISON CARREE, NIME
Lot 180

AN OAK, SATINBIRCH AND FRUITWOOD ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF THE MAISON CARREE, NIME

MID-20TH CENTURY

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 21,250

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AN OAK, SATINBIRCH AND FRUITWOOD ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF THE MAISON CARREE, NIME
MID-20TH CENTURY
The dentilled pedimented lid supported by thirty fluted Corinthian columns with gilt-composition capitals
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 37 ½ in. (95.5 cm.) long; 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide

A House on the Wiltshire Downs; sold Christie's, London, 6 March 2008, lot 80.

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.