Artwork https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/466085

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Capital with Angels Holding the Veil of Saint Veronica, with a Column. ca. 1325–75. Limestone with traces of polychromy. Medieval Art. Purchase, Gifts of Irwin Untermyer, J. Pierpont Morgan and Marcus T. Reynolds, by exchange; Bequests of George D. Pratt, Susan Dwight Bliss and Henry Victor Burgy, by exchange; and Rogers and Frederick C. Hewitt Funds, 1981

Artwork facts

Maker: Unknown maker
Date: ca. 1325–75
Place: Made in, Veneto (?), Italy
Current location: Gallery 305
Owner: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Materials: Limestone with traces of polychromy
Classifications: Medieval Art, Column, Sculpture-Architectural, North Italian
Dimensions: Overall: 73 7/8 x 20 3/16 x 20 3/16 in. (187.6 x 51.3 x 51.3 cm) capital: 15 3/8 x 20 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (39.1 x 51.4 x 51.4 cm) shaft: 43 1/2 x 15 in. (110.5 x 38.1 cm) base: 15 x 20 3/16 in. (38.1 x 51.2 cm); Other Depth: 51.435104 cm; Other Width: 51.435104 cm; Other Height: 39.052578 cm; Overall Depth: 51.276352 cm; Overall Width: 51.276352 cm; Overall Height: 187.64287 cm; Other Height: 38.100075 cm
Image rights: public domain / open access image
Text rights: Met Open Access metadata is CC0 to the extent possible under law
Attribution: Purchase, Gifts of Irwin Untermyer, J. Pierpont Morgan and Marcus T. Reynolds, by exchange; Bequests of George D. Pratt, Susan Dwight Bliss and Henry Victor Burgy, by exchange; and Rogers and Frederick C. Hewitt Funds, 1981

Linked entities

ClassificationMedieval Art ClassificationSculpture-Architectural MaterialLimestone with traces of polychromy Production placeMade in, Veneto (?), Italy Current ownerMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Capital with Angels Holding the Veil of Saint Veronica, with a Column. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Purchase, Gifts of Irwin Untermyer, J. Pierpont Morgan and Marcus T. Reynolds, by exchange; Bequests of George D. Pratt, Susan Dwight Bliss and Henry Victor Burgy, by exchange; and Rogers and Frederick C. Hewitt Funds, 1981

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