Fragment of an Animal Relief

Unknown

ca. 1150 · Marble (Lunense marble from Carrara) · Medieval Art

Carving on the back reveals that this slab was from a lintel of an earlier, perhaps Roman, monument. Older sculptural fragments can also be seen in the adjacent doorway from San Gemini.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1150

Medium

Marble (Lunense marble from Carrara)

Culture

Italian

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1909