Architectural ElementsItalian12th century
Rectangular Impost and Twin Capitals with Two Quadrupeds
1150-1175
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Dimensions
44 x 52.2 x 16.1 cm (17 5/16 x 20 9/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1948.
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