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Fragment of a Capital with the Ox of Saint Luke

Fragment of a Capital with the Ox of Saint Luke

c. 1175–1200
(Bologna?)
marble
Overall: 24.5 x 25.1 x 11.5 cm (9 5/8 x 9 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.22
Location: 106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture

Description

This fragment and two other capitals (1972.20 and 1972.21) were once parts of the same structure. Though the original structure is unknown, their style suggests that it was located in Bologna. As the fragmentary Latin inscription S: LU suggests, the ox represents the traditional symbol in medieval art of the Evangelist Saint Luke.
  • Juliana Armour Ferguson, Huntington, Long Island, New York
    -1972
    (Edward R. Lubin, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1972-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Wixom, William D. “Eleven Additions to the Medieval Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 3 (Mar/April 1979): 87–151. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 89-92, fig. 10 www.jstor.org
    Cahn, Walter, and Linda Seidel. Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 1999. vol. II, no. B III 13, 161-63
  • Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of a Capital with the Ox of Saint Luke|url=false|author=|year=c. 1175–1200|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.22