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Capital with Samson and an Attendant Fighting a Lion
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Capital with Samson and an Attendant Fighting a Lion

Date: ca. 1175–1200
Geography: Made in Palencia, Spain
Culture: North Spanish
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: Overall: 19 3/4 x 20 1/4 x 16 5/8 in. (50.2 x 51.4 x 42.2 cm) weight: 428lb. (194.1kg)
Classification: Sculpture-Architectural
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number: 21.21.2
On view in Gallery 304
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This capital and the one to the left depict, in a simple, almost abstract manner, a man and an animal engaged in combat. The capitals must have supported a principal arch, perhaps the entrance to the choir of a church. Here Samson, with long hair, struggles with the lion, assisted by two men, one with a mace, another with a knife.
  • Provenance

    [ Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York (sold 1921)]

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