Heads of the kings of Judah

From the gallery of the kings from Notre-Dame in Paris

Description

On display - room 5

First half of the 13th century

High Middle Ages

Technical data

Fragment of a statue

Inventory number

Cl. 22988

Width

44 cm

Height

71 cm

Depth

44 cm

Original location

Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral

Place of production

Paris

Place of discovery

Courtyard of the Hôtel Moreau (Paris)

Medium

Sculpture ; Stone

Method of acquisition

Donated by the French Foreign Trade Bank, 1980

Statue fragment no. 1

Inventory number

Cl. 22996

Width

41 cm

Height

65 cm

Depth

41 cm

Original location

Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral

Place of production

Paris

Place of discovery

Courtyard of the hôtel Moreau (Paris)

Medium

Sculpture ; Stone

Method of acquisition

Donated by the French Foreign Trade Bank, 1980

Statue fragment no. 2

Inventory number

Cl. 22997

Width

40 cm

Height

65 cm

Depth

40 cm

Original location

Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral

Place of production

Paris

Place of discovery

Courtyard of the Hôtel Moreau (Paris)

Medium

Sculpture ; Stone

Method of acquisition

Donated by the French Foreign Trade Bank, 1980

Statue fragment no. 3

Inventory number

Cl. 23002

Width

32 cm

Height

41 cm

Depth

35 cm

Original location

Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral

Place of production

Paris

Place of discovery

Courtyard of the Hôtel Moreau (Paris)

Medium

Sculpture ; Stone

Method of acquisition

Donated by the French Foreign Trade Bank, 1980

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