The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Engaged Capital with Lions

1145–64

Northern Spain , mid-12th century

(Navarre ?) or Southwest France (Pyrénées or Roussillon ?)
marble
Overall: 34.3 x 40.7 x 27.4 cm (13 1/2 x 16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.210
Location: Not on view

Description

The compositional motif of confronted and addorsed beasts illustrated on this capital was especially popular in churches along the pilgrimage roads.
  • (Marcel Evrard).
  • Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
    Year in Review for 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).
  • {{cite web|title=Engaged Capital with Lions|url=false|author=|year=1145–64|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.210