Head of a demon (?)
Life Story
Further Reading
K. Ambrose, The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture of Twelfth-century Europe (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2013)
T. E. A. Dale, ‘Monsters, corporeal deformities, and phantasms in the cloister of St-Michel-de-Cuxa’, The Art Bulletin 83 (2001), 402–436.
D. Grivot, & G. Zarnecki, Gislebertus: Sculptor of Autun (Clairvaux-les-Lac: Trianon, 1965).
Provenance
Acquired by the Sainsbury Family in 1957. Donated to the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia in 1973 as part of the original gift.
Not on display
Title/Description: Head of a demon (?)
Born: 0100 c. - 0300 c.
Materials: Stone
Measurements: h. 54 x w. 50 x d. 50 mm
Accession Number: 391
Historic Period: 12th century
Production Place: Britain, England (possibly), Europe
Cultural Group: Romano-British
Credit Line: Donated by Robert and Lisa Sainsbury, 1973