Title of Work
Nave Capital 4:Subject unknown
Begin Date
1120
End Date
1138
Description
Subject Unknown Four seated figures are on the front face of the capital. The one on the right sits on a cross-legged, backless chair or stool. The one on the left sits on an ornate chair with no back. The two figures to the left have beards, the two to the right do not. The rightmost figure could be a woman. The figures look and gesture at one another- (suggesting speech?). Two beardless figures stand behind the central group, one on each side-face of the capital. Both gesture toward the central group. The figure on the right appears to pick a bunch of grapes from a vine growing behind it. Salet identifies the subject as "counsel", though Meunier (p 44)suggested that is "Zorobebel and courtesans before Darius" while others have labeled it a judgment scene. It may be a depiction of a contemporary event Salet: Number 4. Location: South aisle of nave, North side of pilaster side. Fifth pier from the west
Country
France
Location
Vézelay
Monument
Ste. Marie-Madeleine
Style
Romanesque
Type of Work
Sculpture
Subtype of Work
Capital
Category of Work
Nave
Material
Stone
Subjects
Vézelay (Abbey)--Pictorial works.; Sculpture--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.; Church architecture--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Romanesque--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.
Patron
Abbot Renaud de Semur
Condition
Good
Bibliography
Photographer
JV
Copyright
Media
Slide-35 mm
Identifier
FVEZ.CAPITAL.NAVE.N004.1

Vézelay: Benedictine Abbey of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Church

Nave Capital 4:Subject unknown

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