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Ligier Richier
(15th Sep, 1500 - 1567)
Tête de Christ couronné d'épines
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Thierry Ollivier
musée du Louvre
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Thierry Ollivier
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Keywords:
tête (sculpture)
Gothic art
head (human body)
fragment
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About the artwork
Title:
Tête de Christ couronné d'épines
Periods:
16th century
période médiévale - Bas Moyen Âge
XVIth century
Techniques:
polychromy (technique)
sculpture (technique)
wood (material)
Dimensions:
300 x 280
Inventory number:
RF1956
Detail:
Fragment présumé d'un groupe de la Crucifixion. Provenance : église abbatiale de Saint Michel (Saint-Mihiel)
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Ligier Richier
Born:
15th Sep, 1500
Dead:
1567
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Ligier Richier
(c. 1500–1567) was a French sculptor active in Saint-Mihiel. Richier primarily worked in the churches of his native Saint-Mihiel and from 1530 he enjoyed the protection of Duke Antoine of Lorraine, for whom he did important work. Whilst Richier did sometimes work in wood, he preferred the pale, soft limestone with its fine grain, and few veins, extracted at Saint Mihiel and Sorcy and when working in this medium he experimented with refined polishing techniques, with which he was…
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