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Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle

Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle

1175–1200
(Bologna?)
marble
Overall: 30.2 x 32.4 x 33 cm (11 7/8 x 12 3/4 x 13 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.21
Location: 106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture

Description

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.
  • Juliana Armour Ferguson, Huntington, Long Island, New York
    -1972
    (Edward R. Lubin, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art).
    1972-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Wixom, William D. “Eleven Additions to the Medieval Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 3 (March/April 1979): 87–151. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 89-91, figs. 8 & 9 www.jstor.org
    Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. Reprodu ced: p. 15; Mentioned: p. 15, p. 60
    Winter, Patrick M. de. “Bolognese Miniatures at the Cleveland Museum.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 8 (October 1983): 314–51. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 320-321, fig. 9 www.jstor.org
    Cahn, Walter, and Linda Seidel. Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 1999. Vol. II, no. B III 13, 161-63
    “Annual Report for 1972.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 6 (June 1973): 171–205. Reproduced: p. 177 www.jstor.org
  • A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).
    Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
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