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Engaged Capital with a Fantastic Creature and Three Birds

Engaged Capital with a Fantastic Creature and Three Birds

early 1100s
limestone
Overall: 53.7 x 50.8 x 74.9 cm (21 1/8 x 20 x 29 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.34
Location: 106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture

Description

The closest parallels for the dramatic, heavy style of this capital appear in the capitals of the porch of Saint-Seurin in Bordeaux.
  • (Marcel Evrard).
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 46 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 51 archive.org
  • Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).
    CMA 1969: "Year in Review for 1968," Bulletin LVI (Jan. 1969), cat. p. 45, no. 30, repr. p. 8
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.34