Double Capital with Masks and Birds
Unknown
ca. 1140–60 · White marble · Medieval Art
The medieval sculptor transformed a Corinthian capital, substituting a head for the rosette that would have appeared at the center. On one side, it is the head of a man; on the other, a monkey: perhaps a warning of how easy it is to slide from humanity to bestiality.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1140–60
- Medium
- White marble
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1928
