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Голова короля Давида

ca. 1145
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304
Монументальные скульптуры королей на соборе Нотр-Дам, считавшиеся изображениями древних правителей Франции, было решено разрушить во время Французской Революции. Вырезанное из тонкого известняка выразительное лицо изначально имело свинцовые глазные вкладки. Голова находилась на западном фасаде, посвященном жизни святой Анны, матери Девы Марии, чей род, согласно генеалогии и ранним годам Иисуса, восходит к библейскому королю Давиду.

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Object Information
  • Название: Голова короля Давида
  • Дата: около 1145 г.
  • География: из собора Нотр-Дам, Париж, южный портал западного фасада (Портал святой Анны)
  • Культура: Франция
  • Материал: Известковый камень
  • Размер: 29,7 x 21,1 x 21,3 см
  • Благодарность: Фонд Харриса Брисбэйна Дика, 1938
  • Номер объекта: 38.18
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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The large, well-defined features of this King suggest that he was once displayed above eye-level on a building. In fact, he originally graced the portal, or entrance, of Notre Dame, the Gothic cathedral of Paris. The face is partially damaged, but it bears an imperious expression fitting for a King. His eyes were inlaid with black stone. And just as the Parthenon and Greek temples were once decorated with color, so too were Gothic cathedrals and their sculpture.

This 900-year old face barely escaped destruction during the French Revolution, when the figures of Kings on the façade of Notre Dame were attacked as symbols of the French monarchy. However, these statues were intended to be portraits of biblical Kings, not French rulers.

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