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Engaged Capital with Lions

1145–1164
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
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The compositional motif of confronted and addorsed beasts illustrated on this capital was especially popular in churches along the pilgrimage roads.
Engaged Capital with Lions

Engaged Capital with Lions

1145–1164

Northern Spain (Navarre ?) or Southwest France (Pyrénées or Roussillon ?), mid-12th century

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