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Head of a Young Man

Unknownabout 1320–1330

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The delicately painted head of a youth on a single piece of uncolored glass is an element from a larger unknown panel. It was later set within old fragments of red and blue glass to form the present medallion. The current arrangement focuses attention on the sensitively rendered features of the head as a beautiful example of fourteenth-century glass painting.

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  • Title: Head of a Young Man
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: about 1320–1330
  • Location Created: Cambrai - Tournai (?), France or Belgium
  • Physical Dimensions: 21 × 1 cm (8 1/4 × 3/8 in.)
  • Type: Stained glass
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Pot-metal and colorless glass, vitreuos paint, and silver stain; lead came
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 2003.29
  • Culture: French or Belgian
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown maker, French or Belgian
  • Classification: Decorative Art (Art Genre)
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