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| Keywords: French - Box Lid with a Tournament - Walters 71274.jpg Two knights are jousting in front of a grandstand in which a king queen and two courtiers appear behind a draped railing Two heralds are on horseback at the left; three spectators stand at the right The knights wear chain mail with plate leg armor and great helms Both helmets have crests and the knights are defended with ailettes on their shoulders and shields The knights' horses are caparisoned The scene is a variant of the one shown on the Parisian box Walters 71 264 Two sections of the border are missing and have been replaced with wood There are twelve holes for the metal mounts Where three lateral mounts crossed the lid the ivory has been recarved to continue the design which would originally have been unfinished between 1340 1350 Medieval ivory cm 10 17 2 accession number 71 274 27845 Charles Stein Collection Paris date and mode of acqusition unknown Lord T G Carmichael London 1902 mode of acquisition unknon George R Harding London date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1903 Castles An Enduring Fantasy Hammond Castle Museum Gloucester 1982 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Medieval Games of Love and War The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 The Book of Kings Art War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Academy of the Arts Easton Easton; Princeton University Art Museum Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art Williamstown 2002 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
