Well Head

Cleveland Museum of Art

Well Head

Date
1400s
Medium
pink limestone (called "Verona Marble")
Culture
Italy, probably Verona
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
123461

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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.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
Contessa Canossa (Trevise, Italy) | Salvatore Romano, Florence, Italy), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1943.

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