Double Capital Depicting Saints Cosmas and Damian (Guild of Barber-Surgeons)

late 15th century (Renaissance)

47 cm 35.3 cm 32.1 cm

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Guilds of various natures often sponsored artworks. In this late fifteenth-century capital from a monastery in Gascony (France), the arms of the guild of barber-surgeons is prominently displayed. The coat of arms depicts the tools of the trade (scalpel and scissors) and is fla...

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Walters Art Museum, 1967, by purchase.
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