Head of a Nun
Artist/Culture
French
Datelate 1300s–early 1400s
Mediummarble
Dimensions15.7 x 12.1 x 12.4 cm (6 3/16 x 4 3/4 x 4 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum purchase from Joseph Brummer Estate, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York
Terms
Object number1949.22
Label TextInfluenced by the artistic patronage of Charles V (1364-80), French aristocrats followed his example and commissioned elaborate tombs for their own use. These grand constructions often include sculptured processions of mourning relatives. This small alabaster head appears to have originally belonged to one of these mourners. Specific representation is a characteristic which occurs with increasing frequency in late fourteenth-century art. Evidence of this trend can be seen in the careful delineation of the veils which identify this woman as a nun.On View
On viewCurrent Location
- Exhibition Location Gallery 111
