Corinium Museum- Medieval Objects

[poliphilo]

1. Head of a girl or angel



2. Another head- almost certainly by the same master-craftsman



3. Angel- showing traces of the original paint

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

I think what looks like close-cropped hair is a veil. You can see the edges of it coming down on either side. In which case, she's a woman, not an angel. Androgynous as they were in the iconography, they were never shown in woman's clothing.

The face remains intriguingly non-European. And full of character.

Nine

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I believe you're right.

Perhaps she was originally a bystander at some crowded Biblical scene- an Adoration of the Magi or a Crucifixion or something like that.