Head of saint or apostle

Date1225-1230

Object number51.233

Provenance[Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc., possibly by 1923, documented by 1940 - 1951]; purchased by Seattle Art Museum (with funds from Seattle Art Museum Guild), December 12, 1951

Exhibition HistoryDetroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, The Seventh Loan Exhibition: French Gothic Art of teh Thirteenth to Fifteenth Century, November 16 - December 6,1928 (as "God the Father") Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, "Arts of the Middle Ages 1000-1400, a Loan Exhibition," February 17 - March 24, 1940 (as "God the Father") Minneapolis, Minnesotta, Minneapolist Institute of Arts, "Masterpieces of Sculpture," November 2 - December 11, 1949 Yakima, Washington, Englewood Christian Church, dedication of new scantuary, 1965 New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The Year 1200," 1970 US-Japan CULCON exhibition, September - December 1976 (pencil notation in object file) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Museum of Art, "Songs of Glory: Medieval Art from 900-1500," January 21 - May 15, 1985Published References"The Seventh Loan Exhibition: French Gothic Art of the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Century." Detroit, MI: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1928, cat. no. 28, illus. "Arts of the Middle Ages 1000-1400, a Loan Exhibition." Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1940, cat. no. 176, p. 55, illus. pl XXXIX (as "God the Father") "Bulletin." Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, November 5, 1949, cat. no. 20, p. 158 "The Year 1200." New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970, fig. 23, pp. 18-19 Mickenberg, David. "Songs of Glory: Medieval Art from 900-1500." Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Museum of Art, 1985, cat. no. 13, p. 90, illus. p. 91, color plate I Sauerlaender, Willibald. "Le Monde Gothique: Le siecle des cathedrales, 1140-1260." Paris: Gallimard, 1989, no. 87, p. 96, illus. "Selected Works." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, p. 86 "Limestone Sculpture Provenance Project" website. www.limestonesculptureanalysis.com/sculpture.asp?id=LH1952. "Strasbourg 1200-1230: la revolution gothic." Exh. cat. Strasbourg: Musee de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame, 2015; reproduced fig. 1, p. 126 [not in exhibition].

Credit LineGift of the Seattle Art Museum Guild

Dimensions13 x 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (33 x 29.85 x 24.13 cm)

MediumLimestone