About This Artwork

French, Périgord

Head of a Bishop, c. 1500

Limestone, traces of polychromy
H. 33 cm (13 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, 1970.1045

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Dorothy Gillerman, ed., Gothic Sculpture in America, vol. 2: The Museums of the Midwest (Turnhout, 2001), pp. 32-33, no. 23.

Ownership History

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Winnetka, Illinois, by 1970; given to the Art Institute, 1970.