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Source Description
This elegant head from a statue is characteristically Gothic in appearance, with its symmetrical features and abundant, tight curls. Multiple layers of paint, traces of which remain, attest to the age of the head, which probably comes from the church of Saint-Pierre in Jumièges. When this church was rebuilt in 1332-35, up to fifteen pier or column statues of apostles and saints were installed in the choir, the eastern end of the church.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
30686
label
Head of an Apostle
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
30686
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of an Apostle
description
This elegant head from a statue is characteristically Gothic in appearance, with its symmetrical features and abundant, tight curls. Multiple layers of paint, traces of which remain, attest to the age of the head, which probably comes from the church of Saint-Pierre in Jumièges. When this church was rebuilt in 1332-35, up to fifteen pier or column statues of apostles and saints were installed in the choir, the eastern end of the church.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1332-1335 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29.5
height
20.5
depth
17.5
dimensionsRaw
11 5/8 x 8 1/16 x 6 7/8 in. (29.5 x 20.5 x 17.5 cm)
style
Gothic
Source extras
cul
French
med
limestone with traces of paint
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
2053
270
2052
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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4c45994896bae965