Cabeça do rei David

França, procedente da catedral de Notre-Dame, Paris, portal sul da fachada ocidental (portal de santa Ana)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

As esculturas monumentais de antigos governantes na catedral de Notre-Dame, que anteriormente acreditava-se que representavam os reis da França, foram destruídas durante a Revolução Francesa. Esta expressiva cabeça, esculpida em calcário de grão fino, tinha anteriormente olhos de chumbo incrustados. Origina-se da fachada ocidental dedicada à vida da santa Ana, mãe da Virgem Maria, e à genealogia e primeiros anos da vida de Jesus, considerado descendente do rei bíblico Davi.

Head of King David, Limestone, light fine-grained, French

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Head of King David, Limestone, light fine-grained, French
Head of King David, Limestone, light fine-grained, French
Head of King David, Limestone, light fine-grained, French
Head of King David, Limestone, light fine-grained, French
Head of King David, Limestone, light fine-grained, French
Head of King David, Limestone, light fine-grained, French

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