# Detail of a twisted column

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vassalletto-marble-worker-family-re272668d7d6610/detail-of-a-twisted-column-r0c597be5c41e9b>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [VASSALLETTO, marble worker family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vassalletto-marble-worker-family-re272668d7d6610>)
- Date: 1201-1250
- Technique: Stone

## Commentary

The cloister of the Lateran Palace was constructed between 1215 and 1232 by the Vassalletto family \(father and son\). Some of the arcades are supported by variously twisted coupled columns which are frequently covered with delicate mosaics.

## Related artworks

- [Cloister gallery](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vassalletto-marble-worker-family-re272668d7d6610/cloister-gallery-r5ccc1548ff2cec>)
- [Cloister gallery](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vassalletto-marble-worker-family-re272668d7d6610/cloister-gallery-r9e1b6a6d45f564>)
- [Cloister gallery](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vassalletto-marble-worker-family-re272668d7d6610/cloister-gallery-re3f53e6b510499>)
- [Cloister gallery](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vassalletto-marble-worker-family-re272668d7d6610/cloister-gallery-rf49b3e444b2116>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)