# Head of the architect

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, English](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-english-r284e2b7eeda404>)
- Date: 1351-1400
- Technique: Stone

## Commentary

In the late fourteenth century the nave and transepts of Canterbury Cathedral were rebuilt, on the Norman foundations in the Perpendicular style under the direction of the noted master mason Henry Yevele. The head of Yevele was commemorated in the nave.

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## Attribution

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