France 16th century

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

Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts

www.mfa.org

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.

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