Capital with Scene of a Duel

1175-1200 (Medieval)

24.8 cm 35 cm 38.6 cm

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This capital, along with its companion (Walters 27.304), portrays a test of justice, perhaps inspired by popular literature of the time. On this piece, two combatants attempt, through a duel, to prove or disprove the virtue of a woman accused of adultery shown on the left side...

Sculpture

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30351
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sculpture
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normalized
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Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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Romanesque
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