Title
Fragment of the stalls of Santa Clara de Astudillo, Detroit Institute of Arts
Generic classification
FurnitureObject
Choir stallsDate
ca. 1353-1357Century
Mid 14th c.Cultural context / style
GothicMaterial
WoodIconography / Theme
HeráldicaProvenance
Santa Clara of Astudillo (Astudillo, Palencia, Spain)Current location
Detroit Institute of Art (Detroit, United States)Inventory Number in Current Collection
47.91Locations
ca. 1353 - ca. 1931
ca. 1931 - Second quarter of the XXth c.
dealer/antiquarian
Apolinar Sánchez-Villalba, Madrid (Spain) *
ca. 1947 - Third quarter of the XXth c.
dealer/antiquarian
Adolph Loewi, Venecia/Los Ángeles (Italy) *
ca. 1978 - present
* The relative location of dealers, antique shops, art galleries, and collectors leads us to the places where they were based or had one of their main headquarters. However, this does not always indicate that every artwork that passed through their hands was physically located there. In the case of antique dealers and art merchants, their business often extended across multiple territories; sometimes they would purchase items at their origin and send them directly to clients. Similarly, some collectors owned multiple residences, sometimes in different countries, where they housed their collections. It is often difficult to determine exactly where a specific piece was kept during its time in their possession. Consequently, the main location of the dealer or collector is indicated. These factors should be considered when interpreting the map. Refer to the object's history in each case.
Bibliography
- AGUILÓ ALONSO, María Paz (2016): "La sillería de Santa Clara de Astudillo en América: nuevas noticias y apreciaciones", nº 34, Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid.
- FRANCO MATA, Ángela (2010): "La sillería de Santa Clara de Astudillo", Boletín de la Institución Tello Téllez de Meneses.
- FRANCO MATA, Ángela (1995): "El actual paradero de la sillería de coro del convento de Santa Clara de Astudillo", en Estudios de Arte. Homenaje al profesor Martín González, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid.
- MARTÍNEZ RUIZ, María José (2008): La enajenación del patrimonio en Castilla y León (1900-1936), tomo I, Junta de Castilla y León, Salamanca.
- ROBINSON, Francis W. (1948): "Fourteen century painted choirstalls from Astudillo in Spain", nº 1, Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Art.
- YZQUIERDO PERRÍN, Ramón (2008): "Sillerías de coro gótico-mudéjares: de Santa Clara de Toro a Santa Clara de Palencia", vol. 40-41, Abrente.
Record manager
Isabel Escalera FernándezCitation:
Isabel Escalera Fernández, "Fragment of the stalls of Santa Clara de Astudillo, Detroit Institute of Arts" in Nostra et Mundi. Cultural Heritage from Castile and Leon around the world, Fundación Castilla y León, 2025. https://inventario.nostraetmundi.com/en/work/42
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