Wellhead

Date:
late 14th–early 15th century
Geography:
Made in Venice, Veneto, Italy
Culture:
Italian
Medium:
Istrian Limestone
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 7/8 x 41 1/2 x 41 1/4 in. (91.1 x 105.4 x 104.8 cm) rim thickness: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) depth of well: 34 in. (86.4 cm)
Classification:
Sculpture
Credit Line:
Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1914
Accession Number:
14.134.26a, b
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Marking: (on curb, in front): an angel supporting a cross patty charged with two concentric circles (on curb, on either side): a shield with identical quarterings, viz. 3 bends, on a chief two roses (on curb, at back): half length figure of a man, clothed, capped and bearing over his left shoulder a club, the right arm bent, with hand raised, apparently rising from a decapitated lion

  • Provenance

    Original facade of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

    Private Collection , Florence ; J. Pierpont Morgan , London and New York (before 1909 - 1913) ; [ Bernheimer (sold 1914)]

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    In the Museum
    Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
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