SculptureFrench15th-16th century

Head of Christ

c. 1500

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Unidentified ArtistPrevious attribution

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Limestone and micrite with traces of polychromy

Culture

French

Century

15th-16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

31.2 x 22 x 26 cm (12 5/16 x 8 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.) with base: 48.5 x 22 x 26 cm (19 1/8 x 8 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[Demotte, Inc., New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1918, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934

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