Currently not on view
Head of God the Father,
ca. 1400
Nottingham School, English, 14th century
y1955-3262
This fragment from a sculpture was originally part of an ensemble illustrating the Throne of Mercy. A new subject in the later Middle Ages, it represented the Christian Trinity, God the Father enthroned, God the Son on the Cross, and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove between the two. Unlike other new subjects, like the Pietà, which were meant to arouse emotions, the Throne of Mercy demonstrated the theological doctrine that God the Father offered his Son to redeem humankind.
Information
Title
Head of God the Father
Dates
ca. 1400
Maker
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
20.5 × 23.2 × 15.7 cm (8 1/16 × 9 1/8 × 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Class of 1906, for the Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr., Memorial Collection
Object Number
y1955-3262
Place Made
Europe, England
Culture
Type
Materials
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The Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Jr. Memorial Collection (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum, 1956)
, cat. no. 37 - "Recent acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 15, no. 1 (1956): p. 26-27., p. 26
- Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 29 (illus.)
