Eve - Cathedral at Autun

This is a drawing from a stone carving by Gislebertus, who worked at Autun from 1125 till 1145 carving many beautiful sculptures.
This drawing is a detail of a carving he made of 'Eve' i am really enjoying the process of turning a photograph of a carving into a drawing. I wonder if Gislebertus worked with a model and in some way i am drawing a real woman from the 12th Century. Here is a great quote from Denis Grivot's book ' Twelth Century Sculpture in the Cathedral at Autun' about Gislebertus. " The precision of his method, his discipline, moderation as well as boldness, his deliberate distortions, and his sweetness, when considered necessary." Not a bad prescription for what i want my drawings to hold inside them and they are certainly developing in the right direction. BUT imagine the skill required to invest this level of subtle expression of human traits into a block of stone, quite remarkable.