Column with a Lion at the Base

12th-13th century (Medieval) H: 43 3/8 in. (110.17 cm) Citation Source image

These decorative columns probably came from a ciborium or pulpit. The capital is a stylized version of an antique capital, many of which were re-used in a somewhat earlier period. The inlaid glass and stone fragmnets that decorate the column-- called "cosmati" decoration-- is...

Sculpture

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16552
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sculpture
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[Said to be from a church in Avezzano destroyed by an earthquake in 1915]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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Romanesque
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