Fragment of a Corner Pier from the Tomb of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria
1443–56
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueStone; alabaster of Salins (Jura)
Dimensions23.18 x 7.6 x 9.8 cm (9 1/8 x 3 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Richard B. Hobart in memory of Philip W. Hobart
Accession number49.506
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
Collections
ProvenanceChartreuse de Champmol, Dijon (original commission). 1926, Henri Garnier, Lille; July 19, 1926, sold by Garnier to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P3105); January 19, 1928, sold by Brummer to Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (b. 1867 - d. 1944), New York; July 11, 1945, sold by the Stokes estate to the Brummer Gallery (stock no. N6323); April 23, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 737, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1949)
early 16th century
about 1560
1150–1600
