The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Foliate Corbel

Foliate Corbel

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Foliate Corbel

Date:: second half of the 12th century
Culture:: French
Medium:: Limestone
Dimensions:: Overall: 28 1/8 x 11 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (71.4 x 29.2 x 47 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1934
Accession Number:: 34.21.3

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 003

Provenance

From the abbey of Notre-Dame-de-la-Grande-Sauve (Gironde), near Bordeaux

George and Florence Blumenthal , Paris and New York (until 1934)
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What
Sculpture (24,354)

Limestone (4,530)

Corbels (39)
Where
Europe (150,013)

France (49,321)

Burgundy (718)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,082)
In the Museum
The Cloisters (2,300)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1000–1400 A.D.

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