Sorrowing Adam

10th-11th century (Medieval)

8 cm 7 cm 0.8 cm

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This finely carved plaque comes from a casket or box similar to WAM 71.295. Adam, identified by an inscription, grieves over his expulsion from paradise. The pose of the figure, a traditional expression of sorrow, seems to echo the pose of a classical statue of Herakles (the...

Sculpture

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18441
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Count Auguste de Bastard, by purchase; Léon Gruel, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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