Capital, Saint-Guilhem Cloister, The Met Cloisters

Marble sculpted capital, c. 1160, from the cloister of Notre-Dame-des-Domes at Avignon, France, with ropes emerging from the mouth of pig-like heads, which in turn appear inside an open snake-like mouth, displayed in the Saint-Guilhem Cloister, 12th - 13th century, from the monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert in France, at The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. The building was designed by Charles Collens and encompasses 4 original cloisters, Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont and Trie, which were dismantled in Europe and reassembled here. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13445470

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45136025

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7087px x 4724px (11.6MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen