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Capital

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cast of an aegicrane capital, plaster, ornamented with ram and goat heads. This is a cast from a stone pilaster capital of about 1570 in the Palace of the Tuileries in Paris.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Plaster, cast
Brief description
Cast of an aegicrane capital, plaster, France, 19th century, from from a stone pilaster capital of about 1570 in the Palace of the Tuileries in Paris
Physical description
Cast of an aegicrane capital, plaster, ornamented with ram and goat heads. This is a cast from a stone pilaster capital of about 1570 in the Palace of the Tuileries in Paris.
Object history
Ram and goat heads are often found in classical ornament, because these animals were sacrificed to the Greek and Roman gods: they are known as aegricanes. Sometimes the skull of a ram or goat, or an ox, is used, when it becomes a bucranium. This is a cast from a stone pilaster capital of about 1570 in the Palace of the Tuileries in Paris. Philibert de l'Orme (about 1510-70) started building the palace for Catherine de Medici in 1564; after his death work continued under the supervision of Jean Bullant (about 1520-78)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
REPRO.1884-712

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Record createdJuly 18, 2005
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