Archivolt Figure

ca. 1300 (Medieval)

35.1 cm 60.5 cm 28 cm

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This seated saint was one of a group of sculptures placed on the archivolt (curved arch) of the door of a church. The black limestone comes from quarries near Tournai (Flanders) and was commonly used in churches throughout the Flemish and Mosan regions of present-day Belgium....

Sculpture

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18480
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sculpture
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provenance
Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, June 9, 1949, no. 623; Walters Art Museum, June 9, 1949, by purchase.
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en
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Gothic
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