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European Art
Public Domain
Artist: Unknown

Sculptured marble mantel

ca. 1500

Marble

139.7 × 152.4 cm (55 × 60 in.)
Gift of Joanne and John Payson in memory of Joan Whitney Payson and Charles Shipman Payson, B.A. 1921
2014.81.1
Geography: 
Made in Florence, Italy
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Italian, Florence
Period: 
16th century
Classification: 
Architectural Elements
Provenance: 

Payne Whitney and Helen Hay Whitney estate (ca. 1905?– 1946); by descent to John Hay (Jock) Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney (1946– ); by descent to John and Joanne Payson.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions 2015,” http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.