About the Artwork
Mantel
16th century
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French
French
Stone
Overall: 148 × 156 inches (3 m 75.9 cm × 3 m 96.2 cm) Opening: 73 × 118 1/2 inches (185.4 × 301 cm)
Architecture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and the Hearst Foundation, Inc.
58.274
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, across mantel, broken up by carved columns: IN TE D OMI NE SP ER AVI NO | IN TE DOMINE SPERAVI NON Inscribed: CONFUNDAR IN ETERNUM
Provenance
1927, Nicolas [?] (Paris, France)
until 1935, (Brummer Gallery, Inc., New York, New York, USA)
May 1927-1951, William Randolph Hearst (Los Angeles, California, USA)
1951-1958, William Randolph Hearst Foundation
1958-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Gallagher, B. "William Randolph Hearst and the Detroit Institute of Arts," Bulletin of the DIA 78, no. 1/2 (2004): p. 57, p. 64.
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French, Mantel, 16th century, stone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and the Hearst Foundation, Inc., 58.274.
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