TWO ELEMENTS OF A FLAMBOYING RAILWAY FRANCE, XVE... Lot 13

TWO ELEMENTS OF A FLAMBOYING RAILWAY FRANCE, XVE SIECLE limestone H. 74 cm, W. 71 cm, D. 24 cm These two elements of a railing present a decoration of speckles identical to the one found at the base of the triforium in the nave of Saint-Michel at Pont-l'Eveque (fig. 1). Such flamboyant ornaments were used throughout the kingdom, both in religious and civil architecture. They were still popular at the French court in the early 16th century, when they adorned the pavilion of Queen Anne of Brittany (1492-1514) in the castle of Blois (fig. 2). The chapel of the Holy Spirit in Rue in Picardy (Fig. 1), built between 1440 and 1515, is one of the three major buildings of the Picardy flamboyant gothic art, together with the Collegiate Church of Saint Vulfran in Abbeville and the Abbey Church of Saint Riquier. We can find elements using a stylistic vocabulary similar to the one found in our elements (Fig. 2 & 3).