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Head of a Youth

ca. 1230–50
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Head of a Youth
  • Date: ca. 1230–50
  • Geography: Made in Île-de-France or Champagne
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Limestone
  • Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 6 13/16 x 4 15/16 in. (17.5 x 17.3 x 12.5 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Stone
  • Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 2002
  • Object Number: 2002.211
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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