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Sculptural capital, monumental fireplace, Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France

Sculptural capital by the workshop of Claus Sluter representing a scene from Chretien de Troyes’s novel, Yvain, the Knight with the Lion, on the monumental fireplace, 14th century, originally in a reception room destroyed by fire in the 19th century and now in the great hall, in the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Sculptural capital by the workshop of Claus Sluter representing a scene from Chretien de Troyes’s novel, Yvain, the Knight with the Lion, on the monumental fireplace, 14th century, originally in a reception room destroyed by fire in the 19th century and now in the great hall, in the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen