Architectural ElementsSpanish13th century
Altar Colonette with Saint Michael
c. 1225-1250
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Dimensions
91 x 22.2 x 20.2 cm (35 13/16 x 8 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Monastery of San Benito, Sahagún. [Unidentified dealer, Madrid], sold; to Arthur Kingsley Porter, Cambridge, 1925, by descent?; to Lucy Wallace Porter, his wife, Cambridge, 1933, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962
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