Cheminée
Sculptured Chimney piece
c. 1560
stone (limestone)
type: other
Dimensions (HxWxD): 158 x 96 in.
Acc. No.: 48.371
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph Brummer and Ernest Brummer in memory of Joseph Brummer
Photo credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
© Artist : public domain
© Artist : public domain
Provenance
- mid-16th century, Boury, probably the Chateau de Boury-en-Vexin (original commission)
- 1902, chimney removed and sold
- 1911, Paris, Raoul Heilbronner
- 1911, sold by Heilbronner to William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), New York
- 1944, sold by Hearst to the Brummer Gallery, New York, stock no. N6042
- 1948, sold by the Brummer Gallery to Beata (Mrs. Joseph) Brummer and Ernest Brummer
- 1948, April 15, gift of Mrs. Joseph Brummer and Ernest Brummer to the MFA, in memory of Joseph Brummer
Bibliography
- Museum's website, 7 March 2012 and 20 March 2012
- n. d. Zentz d'Elnois
Michel Zentz d'Elnois, Boury: Histoire résumée d'une ancienne Seigneurie et d'un Château du Vexin français, Paris, Imprimerie des Tournelles, n.d. - 1948 MFA Bulletin
Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, vol. XLVI, no. 266, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1948, p. 91-8 - 1957 MFA Bulletin
Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, vol. LV, no. 301-302, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Autumn/Winter 1957
Comment
- Museum's website, August 4, 2011:
Upper part in relief with full-length figures of Judith and Holophernes flanking scenic circular medallion.