Head of an Old Testament King
Sculptural innovation of the Gothic period can be seen in this head of an Old Testament monarch, carved for the abbey church of Saint-Denis, outside Paris. The head, from a pier (column) figure on the building's west façade, represents the transition between the abstraction an...
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28513
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sculpture
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normalized
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Abbey of St. Denis, Paris [said to be a head from a west façade portal jamb statue]; Raoul Heilbronner, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dikran Kelekian, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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9
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Gothic
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_27.21_Fnt_DD_T06.jpg |
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| imageCount | 9 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.21 |
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