Panel from a Choir Stall (c. 1330–1340): Art, History and Details
Panel from a Choir Stall at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1330–1340, walnut. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Panel from a Choir Stall (c. 1330–1340) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
The smaller panel here originated from an interior portion of a choir stall. The panel depicts a female figure in a long gown standing on a plinth above two of the apocalyptic beasts, the winged lion of Saint Mark and the winged ox of Saint Luke, which are supported by a wyvern (a heraldic winged dragon).
Object facts
- Title: Panel from a Choir Stall
- Date: c. 1330–1340
- Culture: Spain, Catalonia, Monastery of Pedralbes, 14th century
- Type: Furniture and woodwork
- Technique: walnut
- Dimensions: Overall: 109.9 x 58.5 x 6.1 cm (43 1/4 x 23 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Collection: MED - Gothic
- Department: Medieval Art
- Accession number: 1977.74
Collection credit
John L. Severance Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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