Head of a Saint

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Aragon (made)

Head, wood, bearded saint or prophet, Spain (Aragon), ca. 1535-50

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Categories	Religion Sculpture
Object type	Head
Title	Head of a Saint (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Wood carved Wood Carving
Brief description	Head, wood, bearded saint or prophet, Spain (Aragon), ca. 1535-50
Dimensions	Height: 33cm Width: 15.24cm
Object history	Bought by John Charles Robinson from Ramon Oliva in Zamora for £4 (100 reals).
Bibliographic references	Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1864. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 38 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, 1996, pp. 125-126, cat. no. 57
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	92-1864

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O349548/head-of-a-saint-head-unknown/

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