Fragment of a Capital with the Ox of Saint Luke
Unknown Artist
c. 1175–1200
Medium
marble
Dimensions
24.5 × 25.1 × 11.5 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1972.22
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This fragment and two other capitals (1972.20 and 1972.21) were once parts of the same structure. Though the original structure is unknown, their style suggests that it was located in Bologna. As the fragmentary Latin inscription S: LU suggests, the ox represents the traditional symbol in medieval art of the Evangelist Saint Luke.