# Woman's Head

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GERHAERT VAN LEYDEN, Nicolaus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Red sandstone

## Commentary

The doorway of the Strasbourg Chancellery, erected in 1463-64, was ornamented by Nicholas of Leyden with a Virgin and Child, the armorial bearings of the town, and two busts; an old man and a young woman probably representing the Emperor Augustus and the Sibyl of Tibur, who were known from earlier casts. Only the two heads in red sandstone are preserved in Strasbourg and Frankfurt. \(The reproduction shows the latter.\)

## Related artworks

- [Christ Child with Grapes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/christ-child-with-grapes-r70f919881fe920>)
- [Epitaph of a Canon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/epitaph-of-a-canon-r50577c02f76e35>)
- [Man Meditating](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/man-meditating-r604055d6fae4cf>)
- [Man Meditating](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/man-meditating-r616e90a7a34ce0>)
- [Standing Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/standing-virgin-and-child-r3f95d189bb4ebe>)
- [The Virgin and Child with St Anne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/the-virgin-and-child-with-st-anne-r56f9a2e162cba7>)
- [Tomb of Archbishop Jakob von Sierck](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/tomb-of-archbishop-jakob-von-sierck-r0ab12eaf6bfe03>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)