Head of a Bearded Man

Provenance

Private collection, East Anglia, England, before 1981 [according to letter from D. G. F. Nickerson to Rita McCarthy, 27 August 1982, in curatorial file]. Mallett at Bourdon House, London, by 1981; sold to the Art Institute, 1982.

Head of a Bearded Man

French

c. 1300

Accession Number

105711

Medium

Limestone with traces of polychromy

Dimensions

21.6 × 36.9 cm (8 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.); With base: 21.6 × 36.8 cm (8 9/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

Classification

bust/head

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Chester D. Tripp Endowment, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Albright, Mrs. Jerry Chambers, Mrs. Edgar Uihlein, Dr. and Mrs. Edwin de Costa, Mrs. Gerald Gidwitz, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Newberger, Mrs. Lorraine Pritzker, Mr. and Mrs. James Richter, and Mr. and Mrs. Murray Vale