Head of a Bearded Man

French →

14th centurybust/headsculpture

Date

c. 1300

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.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

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

Also notable

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Legends of the Yūzū Nembutsu Sect

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Portrait of Kobo Daishi (Kukai)

Artist unknown Japanese, active 14th century