Southern France or Northern Spain, circa 1300

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Description

a stone group of the Virgin and Child

seated beneath a canopy, traces of inscriptions around the arches and at the base

Provenance

By tradition originally from a Cistercian monastery near La Cabrera, northern Spain

Catalogue Note

The stone used for this Virgin and Child is thought to be the same used in capitals in the Languedoc and other places in South Western France or North Western Spain.

RELATED LITERATURE
W. Cahn, nos.11-12, 16