MID-20TH CENTURY

Details

AN OAK, SATINBIRCH AND FRUITWOOD ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF THE MAISON CARREE, NIME
MID-20TH CENTURY
The dentilled pedimented lid supported by thirty fluted Corinthian columns with gilt-composition capitals
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 37 ½ in. (95.5 cm.) long; 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

A House on the Wiltshire Downs; sold Christie's, London, 6 March 2008, lot 80.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The Maison Carrée at Nîmes in southern France is one of the best preserved temples to be found anywhere in the territory of the Roman Empire. It was built c. 19-16 B.C. by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, also the original patron of the Pantheon, and was dedicated to his two sons, Gaius Julius Caesar Vipsanius and Lucius Caesar, adopted heirs of Emperor Augustus.

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