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Column

Column
ca. 1200 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Venice (made)

This marble column carved with busts of Saints, cross-devices and stylised acanthus is Romanesque, made in Venice, in ca. 1200.
The column is presumably one of four and may have been part of a ciborium, possibly from the Church of San Salvatore on Murano.


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Sculpture
Object type
Column
TitleColumn (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Marble
Marble
Brief description
Column, marble, carved with busts of saints, Italian (Venice), Romanesque, ca. 1200
Physical description
Two zones of vertical strips of intertwined stylised acanthus leaves are separated in the middle of the column by a band of interlaced roundels containing alternately two busts of Saints and two cross-devices. At the top and bottom, a beaded border. The column is set on a moulded base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 129.22cm
Object history
Bought from Mr. G.F. Williams, for £280, in 1961.
Historical context
The column is presumably one of four and may have been part of a ciborium. Possibly from the Church of San Salvatore on Murano.
Subjects depicted
Column
Acanthus
Summary
This marble column carved with busts of Saints, cross-devices and stylised acanthus is Romanesque, made in Venice, in ca. 1200.
The column is presumably one of four and may have been part of a ciborium, possibly from the Church of San Salvatore on Murano.
Bibliographic references
  • Cahn, Walter and Seidel, Linda, Romanesque sculpture in American collections, Vol. I, New England Museums, New York, 1979, p. 55, no. VI, 2.
  • Williamson, Paul. Catalogue of Romanesque Sculpture. Victoria & Albert Museum, London 1983, pp. 62, 3
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.1-1961

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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