Anonimo francese, Testa di re

  • The Walters Art Museum , Saint-Denis: Four views of head from Saint-Denis in Walters Art Gallery
    The Walters Art Museum , Saint-Denis: Four views of head from Saint-Denis in Walters Art Gallery

CODES / CLASSIFICATION

Entry number

1465

Archival series

Arte medievale

Container

22. Scultura medievale. Francia sec. XII-XIII

Folder

Saint-Denis

OBJECT

Object

scultura

Subject

Testa di re

Title

Re del Vecchio Testamento

Medium and dimensions

pietra

AUTHOR

Reason for attribution

bibliografia

Cultural context

Scuola francese

Dating

Century

sec. XII, secondo quarto

Dates (from – to)

1137 ca.  - 1149 ca. 

LOCATIONS

Last known

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimora (MD) (Maryland, Stati Uniti d'America)

Other locations

Francia, Parigi, Basilique Cathédrale de Saint-Denis, portale centrale

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference

Stoddard Whitney S., The West portals of Saint-Denis and Chartres: sculpture in the Ile de France from 1140 to 1190, 1952, tav. VIII

NOTES

Notes

Bibliografia specifica:
Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 2006, p. 86; Snyder, J. E., Early Gothic Column-figure Sculpture in France: Appearance, Materials and Significance, Farnham, 2001.

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