Capital with Courtly Themes (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

mid–12th century
French (Hérault)
white marble
Place Made,France,Hérault, Occitaine,Saint-Pons-de-Thomières,
Overall: 10 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (26.67 × 21.59 × 24.45 cm)
52.19.4
Not on view
This capital is carved on all four sides and depicts courtly subjects that have not been identified. Capitals from Saint-Pons are characterized by figures with heavy faces, protruding eyes and mouths, stiff hair, and clinging drapery with sharp, ridgelike folds.
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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