id:			146798
accession number:	1972.22
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.22
updated:		2023-03-11 20:50:57.707000

Fragment of a Capital with the Ox of Saint Luke, c. 1175–1200. Northern Italy, Emilia (Bologna?), 12th century. Marble; overall: 24.5 x 25.1 x 11.5 cm (9 5/8 x 9 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.22

title:				Fragment of a Capital with the Ox of Saint Luke
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series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1175–1200
creation date earliest:		1175
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Northern Italy, Emilia (Bologna?), 12th century
technique:	marble
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Romanesque
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 24.5 x 25.1 x 11.5 cm (9 5/8 x 9 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	above the profile ox: S. LU.
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Juliana Armour Ferguson, Huntington, Long Island, New York
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	(Edward R. Lubin, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: -1972
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1972-
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fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:
This fragment and two other capitals (1972.20 and 1972.21) were once parts of the same structure. Though the original structure is unknown, their style suggests that it was located in Bologna. As the fragmentary Latin inscription S: LU suggests, the ox represents the traditional symbol in medieval art of the Evangelist Saint Luke.
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		146776
	Engaged Capital with a Lion and a Basilisk, 1175-1200. Northern Italy, Emilia (Bologna?), 12th century. Marble; overall: 30.2 x 33 x 29.3 cm (11 7/8 x 13 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.20
	relationship: 	

	id: 		146787
	Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle, 1175-1200. Northern Italy, Emilia (Bologna?), 12th century. Marble; overall: 30.2 x 32.4 x 33 cm (11 7/8 x 12 3/4 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.21
	relationship: 	

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CITATIONS

	Cahn, Walter, and Linda Seidel. <em>Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections</em>.  Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 1999.
	page number: 	vol. II, no. B III 13, 161-63
	url:		

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IMAGES

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