A POLYCHROME LIMESTONE TOWER

Details

A POLYCHROME LIMESTONE TOWER
TROYES, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

The three-storied turreted structure articulated with windows and doors----34in. (86.5cm.) high

Provenance

George R. Hann, Treetops, Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania; Christie's New York at Treetops, Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1980, part two, lot 197

Lot Essay

The tower, generally with three windows, is the customary attribute of Saint Barbara. This is an allusion to the legend that when her tower was being built she instructed that it should have three windows instead of two, the three windows signifying the Trinity.