Capital with an Angel Emerging from a Cloud, ca. 1150–1200

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Capital with an Angel Emerging from a Cloud, ca. 1150–1200, Made in Burgundy, France, French, Limestone, Overall: 12 7/8 x 12 15/16 x 13 in. ( x x 33 cm), Sculpture-Stone, The angel emerging from a cloud suggests that a figure on a column below completed the composition, perhaps one of the Virgin of the Annunciation. Capitals decorated with similar acanthus foliage are found in other churches in Burgundy, for instance at Avallon, Vezelay, and Donzy-le-Pré

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