Capital, 12th century

  • French

Limestone

  • Overall: 8 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (21.6 × 21 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth and Allan Shelden Fund

51.225

On View

  • Romanesque Hall, Level 1, West

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Romanesque church of Saint-Constant (Charente, France). (Dikran G. Kelekian)

1951-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

George, J. "Eglises Detruites," Bulletin et Mem. de la Société Architecture et Histoire de la Charente (1929): pp. 17-27, (pl. 9) (ill.). Bulletin of the DIA 31, nos. 3-4 (1951-52): p. 73. Cahn, W. Gesta 10, no. 2 (1971): pp. 74-76 (fig. 9) (ill.).

French, Capital, 12th century, limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth and Allan Shelden Fund, 51.225.