France (Autun, Burgundy)

The Nativity of Christ Historiated Capital by Gislebertus from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare

2202

High Romanesque (12th Century), c. 1120–1135 CE

A Romanesque historiated capital by Gislebertus (c. 1120–1135 CE) depicting the Nativity of Christ — the reclining Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph in contemplation, and the Christ Child in a woven manger — with dense rosette medallions above and serrated acanthus foliage below, the whole animated by deep chiaroscuro undercutting.