Title
Lion relief from San Leonardo church at Zamora
Generic classification
SculptureObject
SculptureDate
ca. 1200Cultural context / style
Medieval. RomanesqueDimensions
84 x 36 in.Material
StoneTechnique
SculptedProvenance
San Leonardo Church, Zamora (Zamora, Spain)Current location
The Cloisters. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States)Inventory Number in Current Collection
16.142Locations
ca. 1200 - ca. 1913
1913 - pre. 1916
dealer/antiquarian
Fernando Martínez (Spain) *
ca. 1916 - 1916
dealer/antiquarian
Emilio Pares, Paris (France) *
1916 - present
* The relative location of dealers, antique shops, art galleries, and collectors leads us to the places where they were based or had one of their main headquarters. However, this does not always indicate that every artwork that passed through their hands was physically located there. In the case of antique dealers and art merchants, their business often extended across multiple territories; sometimes they would purchase items at their origin and send them directly to clients. Similarly, some collectors owned multiple residences, sometimes in different countries, where they housed their collections. It is often difficult to determine exactly where a specific piece was kept during its time in their possession. Consequently, the main location of the dealer or collector is indicated. These factors should be considered when interpreting the map. Refer to the object's history in each case.
Bibliography
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- BRECK, Joseph y ROGERS, Meyric (1925): Handbook of the Pierpont Morgan Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York, p. 63.
- FERNÁNDEZ DURO, Cesáreo (1882): Memorias históricas de la ciudad de Zamora, su provincia y obispado, Establecimiento Tipográfico de los Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid.
- MARTÍNEZ RUIZ, María José (2008): La enajenación del patrimonio en Castilla y León (1900-1936), tomo I, Junta de Castilla y León, Salamanca, pp. 350-353.
- MARTÍNEZ RUIZ, María José (2018): "En torno a la venta de bienes artísticos en la provincia de Zamora durante el siglo XX", nº XVII, Studia Zamorensia.
- PERRATORE, Julia (2021): "Spain 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith", vol. 79, nº 2, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin.
- RORIMER, James J. (1938): "Reports of the Departments", vol. 69, en Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 25.
- SADIA, José María (2014): "San Leonardo, la memoria recuperada", en La opinión de Zamora, 24 de agosto , pp. 8-9.
- SADIA, José María (2013): "El león que conquistó Nueva York", en La Opinión de Zamora, 12 de mayo , pp. 12-13..
- SCHRAEDER, J. L. (1986): "A medieval bestiary", vol. 44, nº 1, en The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, p. 47.
- SIMON, David L. (1984): "Romanesque Art in American Collections. XXI. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Part I: Spain", vol. 23, nº 2, en Gesta, pp. 149-151, il. 5.
Record manager
María José Martínez RuizCitation:
María José Martínez Ruiz, "Lion relief from San Leonardo church at Zamora" in Nostra et Mundi. Cultural Heritage from Castile and Leon around the world, Fundación Castilla y León, 2025. https://inventario.nostraetmundi.com/en/work/216
Lion Relief from San Leonardo church, Zamora
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain.
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Avrial y Flores, José María, View of san Leonardo church, Zamora, 1850.
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid.