Column Statue of Saint Hilary of Galeata
This column statue, from the destroyed cloister of the Benedictine abbey of Sait’Ellero di Galeata, Forlí, represents the patron saint and founder of the abbey. Wearing a monastic habit and a tonsure (partially shaved head), Saint Hilary (478–558) holds a scroll inscribed in Latin affirming the rights of the abbey to income from a certain territory. Thus the statue of the founding saint functions as a charter image for the monastery and for the rights it claimed.
Artwork Details
- Title: Column Statue of Saint Hilary of Galeata
- Date: ca. 1170–1200
- Geography: Made in Galeata, Romagna, Northern Italy
- Culture: North Italian
- Medium: Marble (Carrara marble)
- Dimensions: Overall: 34 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (88.6 x 10.8 x 17.1 cm)
weight: 72lb. (32.7kg) - Classification: Sculpture-Stone
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
- Object Number: 08.175.9
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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carved 1000s, assembled 1100s or 1200s
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