Cleveland Museum of Art

Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle

Date: 1175–1200
Medium: marble
Culture: Northern Italy, Emilia (Bologna?), 12th century
Department: Medieval Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

These creatures, as indicated by their Latin inscriptions, are symbols personifying the Evangelists Matthew (man) and John (eagle). This iconography derives from the Book of Revelation.

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