Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle
Unknown Artist
1175–1200
Medium
marble
Dimensions
30.2 × 32.4 × 33 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1972.21
About this artwork
These creatures, as indicated by their Latin inscriptions, are symbols personifying the Evangelists Matthew (man) and John (eagle). This iconography derives from the Book of Revelation.