Mirror Case with the Castle of Love

2nd half 14th century (Medieval)

9.5 cm 9.5 cm

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Within a frame of eight lobes, two couples appear below the Castle of Love, from which the god of Love, winged and crowned, throws arrows down upon them. The youth on the left is crowned by his lady while the right-hand pair embrace. Kneeling figures are shown on the battlemen...

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Viollet-le-Duc (?) [a text glued to the reverse records an 1858 description of the object by Viollet-le-Duc]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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