A carved limestone capital from a column with frieze of robed figures within a colonnade, each sitting on a chair facing and holding a book in the left hand; trefoils and other detailing to the canopy. 11 5/8 in. (12 kg, 29.5 cm wide). Fair condition. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Collection of Mr Pierre Nicolas Roller, bibliothecaire and curator of the Grand Ducal Court.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11253-189571.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Fernandes, C.V., ‘The Tomb of D. Rodrigo Sanches: the rediscovery of an iconographic program’ in Medievalista, no.16, 2024, fig.6, for the sculpture of the Apostles between the Maiestas Domini on the Tomb of D. Rodrigo Sanches, once in the Monastery of S. Salvador, Portugal.