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Capital with Two Pairs of Fighting Lionscirca 1175-1200

Not on view
Carved stone Romanesque column capital with two large animals flanking a smaller creature at center, in warm tan limestone with worn surface
Stone architectural capital with two deeply carved birds facing each other, their necks intertwined, with richly textured feathered wings spread upward along the sides; warm tan sandstone with worn, rough-hewn surface.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Capital with Two Pairs of Fighting Lions
Place Made
Spain, Western Castile
Date Made
circa 1175-1200
Medium
Yellow sandstone
Dimensions
18 × 27 × 25 1/2 in. (45.72 × 68.58 × 64.77 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
49.23.15b
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.