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| Keywords: Byzantine - Sorrowing Adam - Walters 71296.jpg 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 Greek form of Hercules that was still to be seen in the Hippodrome of Constantinople at the time when this plaque was carved The image of Adam therefore illustrates how artists in Byzantium at times re-interpreted older Classical models century 10 11 Medieval ivory cm 7 8 0 8 accession number 71 296 18441 Count Auguste de Bastard by purchase Léon Gruel Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 ADAM Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 The Glory of Byzantium The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1997 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license Byzantine ivory in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
