Medieval · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 466085
Capital with Angels Holding the Veil of Saint Veronica, with a Column
Unknown maker, ca. 1325–75
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 · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- ca. 1325–75
- Medium
- Limestone with traces of polychromy
- 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)
- Era
- Medieval
Why it matters
Capital with Angels Holding the Veil of Saint Veronica, with a Column, dated ca. 1325–75, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Limestone with traces of polychromy. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are 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). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.