Capital with carved masks

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Photo by John Bentham.
Capital with carved masks
Photo by John Bentham.
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
On view
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Additional Details

Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).

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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