Architectural ElementsItalo-Byzantine
Square Capital with Design of Faces
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Dimensions
32 x 35.5 x 25 cm (12 5/8 x 14 x 9 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1948.
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