Capital with Steer's Head Held by Two Lions

Description This capital is carved in relief, and is said to be from Calabria, probably from a cloister.

Exhibitions

• Art of the Romanesque. University Art Gallery, South Bend. 1994.
• Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2001-2002.
• Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2002-2005.

Provenance Christine Alexander (Mrs. Breckenridge Long), Rome and Laurel, Maryland [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1959, by bequest.

Credit Bequest of Mrs. Breckenridge Long, 1959