Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle (1175–1200): Art, History and Details

Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle (1175–1200) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

These creatures, as indicated by their Latin inscriptions, are symbols personifying the Evangelists Matthew (man) and John (eagle). This iconography derives from the Book of Revelation.

Object facts

• Title: Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle
• Date: 1175–1200
• Culture: Northern Italy, Emilia (Bologna?), 12th century
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: marble
• Dimensions: Overall: 30.2 x 32.4 x 33 cm (11 7/8 x 12 3/4 x 13 in.)
• Collection: MED - Romanesque
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1972.21

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Wixom, William D. “Eleven Additions to the Medieval Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 3 (March/April 1979): 87–151.
• Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
• Winter, Patrick M. de. “Bolognese Miniatures at the Cleveland Museum.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 8 (October 1983): 314–51.

View the collection record

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