id: 149040 accession number: 1977.181 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.181 updated: 2022-01-04 16:51:09.194000 Head of a Prophet, c. 1300-1325. Workshop of Giovanni Pisano (Italian, c. 1240-c. 1320). Marble; overall: 31.8 x 18.6 x 13.4 cm (12 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1977.181 title: Head of a Prophet title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1300-1325 creation date earliest: 1300 creation date latest: 1325 current location: 106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Siena, 14th century technique: marble department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Gothic type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Giovanni Pisano (Italian, c. 1240-c. 1320) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 31.8 x 18.6 x 13.4 cm (12 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture opening date: 2006-09-26T00:00:00 Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 26, 2006-February 19, 2007). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Metropolitan Museum of Art (9/26/2006 - 2/19/2007): "Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture" --- PROVENANCE Royal Würtemberg Collections, said to have been given by King William I (1816-1864) to Würtembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart; Mertz Bank of Hamburg; Dr. Salb, Hamburg; private collection; (Heim Gallery, London). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This head exhibits many of the characteristics of the style associated with the workshop of Giovanni Pisano. These are particularly noteworthy in the sensitive carving of the haunting face and its strikingly drilled beard. The head compares favorably to the sculpture made while Giovanni was master of works at Siena Cathedral (1285-97). Recent research suggests that it may once have belonged to a full-length Old Testament prophet looming on the exterior of Siena Cathedral. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.181/1977.181_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.181/1977.181_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.181/1977.181_full.tif