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Head of an Old Testament King   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (France)Unknown author
Title	Head of an Old Testament King
Description	English: Carved for the abbey church of Saint-Denis (outside Paris), this Old Testament king presented a model of sacred rulership for the French kings who served as the patrons of the monastery. The head, from a pier (column) figure on the building's west façade, was broken off during the French Revolution, when the royal burial church became a key target for vandalism. This head reflects a moment of artistic transition. The carver still works in the abstracted Romanesque style, but incorporates elements based on the observation of nature, such as the soft rounding of the face and the wavy curls of hair. Artists would continue to expland upon this interest in naturalism in the Gothic and Renaissance periods.
Date	circa 1140 date QS:P571,+1140-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Middle Ages era QS:P2348,Q12554 )
Medium	limestone medium QS:P186,Q23757
Dimensions	height: 36 cm (14.1 in); width: 19 cm (7.4 in); depth: 21.8 cm (8.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,36U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,19U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,21.8U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	27.22
Place of creation	Abbey Church of Saint-Denis in Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Object history	Raoul Heilbronner, Paris Dikran Kelekian, Paris 1911: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	An Exhibition of the Treasures of The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton. 1967. Treasures from Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. 1966-1967. The Royal Abbey of St. Denis at the Time of Abbot Suger (1125-1151). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1981. Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2006-2007.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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