ID 1027578
Lot 109 | A LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MAN, POSSIBLY A POPE
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
FRENCH, 13TH CENTURY
on a modern base
15 ¼ in. (39 cm.) high; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
R. Klein, Chartres. Naissance d’une cathédrale, January 1961, no. 5-211, fig. 5.
H. Arthur, Chartres (extérieur), Paris, 1962, pp. 24-32.
W. Sauerländer, Gothic sculpture in France, 1140-1270, London, 1972, pp. fig. 86, 116, 120-122, 217-218, 249.
J. A. Holladay, S.L. Ward, Gothic Sculpture in America. III. The Museums of New York and Pennsylvania, New York, 2016, pp. 318-319.
| Medium: | Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Medieval |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Statuettes |
| Medium: | Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Medieval |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Statuettes |
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