Head of a Bearded Man (architectural fragment)

1459-1481 (late Medieval-Renaissance)

24.8 cm 31.8 cm

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This head is carved in full relief, and is said to be from La Librairie des Cordeliers at Troyes constructed between 1459-1481 and destroyed in 1833. Another in the Museum at Troyes is signed by "Jubert." It is possible that it was intended as the portrait of the architect.

Sculpture

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18260
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sculpture
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normalized
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[La Librairie des Cordeliers, Troyes, Aube, destroyed 1833]; Georges Joseph Demotte, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [list no. 6]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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School of Champagne
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