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| Keywords: French - Lintel with Samson and Delilah - Walters 27580.jpg The roundels of this stone lintel show on the left Samson killing the lion and on the right Delilah holding a flower a reference to her role as the flirtatious temptress and seducer of Samson The relief is from a doorway in the wealthy medieval town of Cluny famous for its Benedictine monastery which was the largest in the world at one time Many of the town's houses were decorated with carved capitals and lintels like this one middle Other date century 12 Medieval limestone with red and blue polychromy cm 60 7 145 1 24 5 accession number 27 580 17992 Abbey of Cluny Cluny ca 1850 sketched by Jean-Claude Barat in situ 10 rue de la Barre Cluny in undated photograph Mme Jacques Bacri Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum October 13 1971 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S and A P Fund 1971 place of origin Cluny France Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
