The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture


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Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture

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		Head of a King of Judah French, Paris, ca. 1220–30 Notre-Dame Cathedral, west façade Musée National du Moyen Âge, Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny, Paris Photo Credit: Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY

		Head of an Apostle Upper Rhineland, probably Strasbourg, ca. 1280–1300 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Cloisters Collection, 2004 (2004.453)

		Head of King David French, Paris, ca. 1145 Notre-Dame Cathedral, south portal of the west façade (Saint Anne Portal) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938 (38.180)

		Head of an Apostle France, Paris, ca. 1210 Notre-Dame Cathedral The Art Institute of Chicago; Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

		Head of an Angel France, Paris, ca. 1250 Notre-Dame Cathedral (?) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Purchase, Michel David-Weil Gift, 1990 (1990.132)

		Head of Christ or an Apostle France, Amiens, ca.1230–50 Amiens Cathedral (?) Private Collection

		Head of a Prophet France, Saint-Denis, 1137–1140 Abbey Church of Saint-Denis Musée National du Moyen Âge, Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny, Paris Photo Credit: Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY

		Head of King Herod France, Chartres, 1210–30 Chartres Cathedral, choir screen Private Collection

		Head of a Woman France, First quarter of the 16th century Private Collection

		Corbel with Female Head Spain, Castilla-Léon, Frías (near Burgos), Early 13th century Parish Church of San Vicente Martír The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Cloisters Collection, 1923 (23.110.56)

		Misericord with Bearded Head England, Wells, ca. 1335–40 Wells Cathedral Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York; Gift of Architectural League of New York, 1912 (1912–11B)

		Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll Early Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire), Late 4th–early 5th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Cloisters Collection, 1966 (66.25)

		Bust of Marie de France Jean de Liège (Franco-Netherlandish, ca.1330–1381) France, Île de France, Saint-Denis, ca.1381 Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Chapel of Notre Dame la Blanche The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941. (41.100.132)

		Head of a Cleric East France, ca. 1450–60 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Rogers Fund, 1947 (47.42)

		Capital with Four Heads South Italy, Apulia, probably Troia, ca. 1230 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Gift of James Hazen Hyde, 1955 (55.66)

		Crowned Bust of a Woman Nicola di Bartolomeo da Foggia (Italian, active ca. 1230–72) South Italy, Campania, Ravello, 1272 Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Collocazione Museo del Duomo, Ravello

		Head of a Man England (Celtic Tradition), probably 2nd–3rd century A.D. Cleveland Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Hirsch

		Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix France, Limousin, second quarter of the 13th century Church of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.352)

		Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger Germany, Munich, ca.1330 Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich; Gift of the Munich Master Stonemason Georg Westermeier in 1869

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