Lintel with Samson and Delilah

mid 12th century (Medieval)

145.1 cm 60.7 cm 24.5 cm

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The roundels of this stone lintel show, on the left, Samson killing the lion, and, on the right, Delilah holding a flower, a reference to her role as the flirtatious temptress and seducer of Samson. The relief is from a doorway in the wealthy medieval town of Cluny, famous for...

Sculpture

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Abbey of Cluny (?), Cluny, ca. 1850 [sketched by Jean-Claude Barat]; in situ 10 rue de la Barre, Cluny [in undated photograph]; Mme. Jacques Bacri, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, October 13, 1971, by purchase.
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Romanesque
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