Capital with an Angel Emerging from a Cloud

Unknown

ca. 1150–1200 · Limestone · The Cloisters

The angel emerging from a cloud suggests that a figure on a column below completed the composition, perhaps one of the Virgin of the Annunciation. Capitals decorated with similar acanthus foliage are found in other churches in Burgundy, for instance at Avallon, Vezelay, and Donzy-le-Pré.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1150–1200

Medium

Limestone

Culture

French

Department

The Cloisters

Credit line

The Cloisters Collection, 1949