Capital from Sant Miquel de Fluvià

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Location: 
Sala 008
Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Anonymous
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Capital decorated with figures, presenting a mermaid-fish on each of the four sides. Its composition, strictly symmetrical, shows the beings frontally, with a forked tail that is curved and points towards the corners; the ends of the tail are held by the corresponding hands, which at the same time hold a fish, with the head pointing down. The scheme is developed on a smooth background and connects with a smooth fine abacus, with slightly projecting volumes that evoke the corner dice of other capitals. There are no signs of the existence of a neck. The relief shows the clear volumes, with the details marked superficially, and it maintains a certain roughness, almost certainly, and in part, due to the type of stone used.Capitals from the site conserved in the museum For more information consult the article by Jordi Camps in the blog: Three Romanesque capitals from Sant Miquel de Fluvià identified in the Museu Nacional

Sculpture

Primer terç del segle XII

41 x 40 x 40 cm

Purchase, 1906

Inventory number: 

024019-000

Century: 12th
Subject: Mythology
Stone carving
Part of a group of three capitals linked to the ensemble (with 24018 and 24019) of which other remains of the same monument and their surroundings are preserved. Proceeds from the cloister of the former monastery of Sant Miquel de Fluvià (Alt Empordà)