Engaged Capital with Lions
Unknown Artist
1145–64
Medium
marble
Dimensions
34.3 × 40.7 × 27.4 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1968.210
About this artwork
The compositional motif of confronted and addorsed beasts illustrated on this capital was especially popular in churches along the pilgrimage roads.