Column (Paschal candlestick?)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1300
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 104 3/8 × 13 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches, 613 lb. (265.11 × 34.29 × 34.29 cm, 278.06 kg)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number49-3/1 A-C
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DescriptionCapital with 2 rows of acanthus leaves with heads at top corners. Spiral column with vine motifs around raised section.Exhibition HistoryN/A
Marquis A. Marignoli, Spoleto, Italy, by March 17, 1941;
Purchased from Marignoli by the dealer Mario Barsanti, Rome, March 17, 1941-1949;
Dorothy Gillerman, Gothic Sculpture in America, vol. 2, The Museums of the Midwest (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2001), 220-21, (repro.), as Spiral Column with Capital.
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