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Fragment of a Corner Pier from the Tomb of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria
French (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon)
Medieval (Gothic)
1443–56
Object Place: Europe, France, Northern
Medium/Technique
Stone; alabaster of Salins (Jura)
Dimensions
23.18 x 7.6 x 9.8 cm (9 1/8 x 3 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard B. Hobart in memory of Philip W. Hobart
Accession Number49.506
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
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)