Head of a Youth

French

On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 08

This clean face does not appear to have been part of a full head but rather was incorporated, masklike, into a corbel. The tonsured hair would be appropriate for a monastic context. The face is strikingly similar to those on a corbel near the chapter house at the royal abbey of Saint-Denis. Other damaged corbels in the vicinity may be the source of this face.

Head of a Youth, Limestone, French

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Head of a Youth, Limestone, French
Head of a Youth, Limestone, French
Head of a Youth, Limestone, French

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