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Engaged Capital with Lions
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About this work
The compositional motif of confronted and addorsed beasts illustrated on this capital was especially popular in churches along the pilgrimage roads.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineEngaged Capital with Lions, 1145–64. Northern Spain (Navarre ?) or Southwest France (Pyrénées or Roussillon ?), mid-12th century. Marble; overall: 34.3 x 40.7 x 27.4 cm (13 1/2 x 16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1968.210
