Well Head (1400s): Art, History and Details
Well Head at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1400s, pink limestone (called "Verona Marble"). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Well Head (1400s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
A well head is an architectural element that protects the mouth of a well. This example is both decorative and functional. The durable pink limestone well head facilitated access to the water whose restorative nature is echoed in the flowers and vases that ornament its surface.
Object facts
- Title: Well Head
- Date: 1400s
- Culture: Italy, probably Verona
- Type: Sculpture
- Technique: pink limestone (called "Verona Marble")
- Dimensions: Overall: 83.8 x 99.7 x 99.7 cm (33 x 39 1/4 x 39 1/4 in.)
- Collection: MED - Medieval Art
- Department: Medieval Art
- Accession number: 1943.69
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
View the collection record
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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