Head of a Youth

Unknown

ca. 1230–50 · Limestone · The Cloisters

This clean face does not appear to have been part of a full head but rather was incorporated, masklike, into a corbel. The tonsured hair would be appropriate for a monastic context. The face is strikingly similar to those on a corbel near the chapter house at the royal abbey of Saint-Denis. Other damaged corbels in the vicinity may be the source of this face.

Artist: Unknown
Date: ca. 1230–50
Medium: Limestone
Culture: French
Department: The Cloisters
Credit line: The Cloisters Collection, 2002

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