Architectural ElementsItalian12th century
Architectural Support in the Form of a Lion
1100-1125
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Dimensions
33.5 x 30.5 x 66.8 cm (13 3/16 x 12 x 26 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1948.
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