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Testa del re Davide

ca. 1145
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304
Un tempo si riteneva che le monumentali sculture dei re che appaiono sulla cattedrale di Notre-Dame fossero raffigurazioni degli antichi sovrani francesi; perciò durante la Rivoluzione francese ne fu ordinata la distruzione. Scolpito in pietra calcarea a grana fine, questo volto espressivo aveva originariamente incastonati occhi in piombo. La testa si trovava sulla facciata occidentale, quella dedicata alla vita di sant’Anna, madre della Vergine Maria, e alla genealogia e primi anni della vita di Gesù, ritenuto un discendente della stirpe del biblico re Davide.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Testa del re Davide
  • Data: ca. 1145
  • Area geografica: Proveniente dalla cattedrale di Notre-Dame, Parigi, portale meridionale della facciata ad ovest (Portale di sant'Anna)
  • Cultura: Francese
  • Materiale e tecnica: Calcare
  • Dimensioni: 29,7 x 21,1 x 21,3 cm
  • Crediti: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
  • Numero d'inventario: 38.18
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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