15thc Marble Bishop's Head from the Abbey of Cluny

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

15thc Marble Bishop's Head from the Abbey of Cluny

Entry/Object ID

HM-385

Description

Head of a Bishop from the Abbey de Cluny. Bust with full eyes and lips, "mitre" headdress, banded and cross-banded with jewels. Mounted on green marble base. "Cluny Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. It was dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.The abbey was constructed in the Romanesque architectural style, with three churches built in succession from the 4th to the early 12th centuries. The earliest basilica was the world's largest church until the St. Peter's Basilica construction began in Rome. In 1790 during the French Revolution, the abbey was sacked and mostly destroyed, with only a small part surviving." (Wikipedia, 2024) Purchased by Hammond in 1929 from art dealer, George Grey Barnard, whose medieval collection became the MET Cloister's collection. (see letter)

Collection

Sculpture

Acquisition

Accession

385

Made/Created

Place

Location

French

Notes

Date: ca. 15th century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bust

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note Type

HM385 marble Bishop's Head info

Note Type

1929-04-18 to Capt William Waters (5 doors payment, Poly door, Abbey de Cluny stone head)

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (49)

Note Type

Abbey of Cluny Information from Wikipedia