Capital with carved masks

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Capital with carved masks
Capital with carved masks
Artist/Maker
Date1100-1150
MediumSandstone
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 in. × 10 in. × 7 1/4 in. (23.5 × 25.4 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard Steel, Class of 1925
Object number1965.9
Not on view
Collections

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2012
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). "Case Histories: The Hidden Meaning of Objects," October 6, 2012 - June 8, 2014 (no cat.);

1974
Syracuse, NY (Everson Museum of Art). "Medievel Art in Upstate New York," April-May 1974, (cat. no. 20, illus., 35).

Provenance 1965: Hamilton College, by gift of Richard Steel;
prior to 1965: George Grey Barnard.
Published References MEDIEVAL ART IN UPSTATE NEW YORK (exh. cat. Syracuse, NY, Everson Museum of Art, April - May, 1974), illus. pg. 35.

GESTA, Vol.X/I 1971, "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections, VII. New York and New Jersey," p. 53.
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