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Capital of a column
Production: Unknown
Marble, four-sided capital of a column, carved on three sides. The iconography should be read in the following order: 1) a bearded man seated on a throne, playing the harp; 2) a woman riding a horse, holding a spherical object in her right hand; 3) the same woman leading the horse with her right hand, a large bird upon her left. Borg 1968 identified the man as David the Psalmist. Chen 2013 identified the woman as Abigail, arguing that the column depicts Abigail going to David, as told in I Samuel 25:18 and 25:42, in the Old Testament.
Bequeathed by A.J. Hugh Smith through the National Art-Collections Fund, 1964
Height: 29.8 cm
Width: 24 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964) by Smith, Arnold John Hugh
12th Century, third quarter
Circa
1150
CE
-
Circa
1175
CE
France, Avignon
Upper Border
Carving : Marble, carved and drilled
Accession number: M.1-1964
Primary reference Number: 31110
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1964
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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