Head
ca. 1530 (made)
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This head of a woman in alabaster may well have been a corbel or have had another similar architectural function. This is close in style to Castilian sculpture of the first third of the 16th century but the material and style suggests this head may be a mid -16th century work from Aragon, perhaps Zaragoza.
Object details
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| Brief description | Head of a woman, alabaster, Spanish Aragon? about 1530. |
| Physical description | Head of a woman with flowing hair, and draped round the shoulders. The stone from which the bust juts out is rectangular. There is a plain scroll carved underneath the neck. |
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| Summary | This head of a woman in alabaster may well have been a corbel or have had another similar architectural function. This is close in style to Castilian sculpture of the first third of the 16th century but the material and style suggests this head may be a mid -16th century work from Aragon, perhaps Zaragoza. |
| Bibliographic reference | Trusted, Marjorie. Spanish Sculpture : Catalogue of the Post-Medieval Spanish Sculpture in Wood, Terracotta, Alabaster, Marble, Stone, Lead and Jet in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996. pp. 122-123. cat. no. 55. |
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| Accession number | A.163-1922 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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