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Head of saint or apostle

Head of saint or apostle

1225-1230

Limestone
13 x 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (33 x 29.85 x 24.13 cm)
Gift of the Seattle Art Museum Guild
51.233
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
location
Not currently on view

Resources

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, 1985
Published 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].

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