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Source Description
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 typical of central and southern Italian design and occurs on columns, facades, tombs and even floors (stone inlay). The column bases are modern.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
16552
label
Column with a Lion at the Base
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
16552
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Column with a Lion at the Base
description
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 typical of central and southern Italian design and occurs on columns, facades, tombs and even floors (stone inlay). The column bases are modern.
provenance
[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.
date
12th-13th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
columns (architectural elements)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 43 3/8 in. (110.17 cm)
style
Romanesque
Source extras
cul
Medieval European
med
stone and inlaid glass
creator_ids
33562
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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801231ab5b36c3aa