File:French - Writing Tablet with Scenes from the Lives of Virgil and Aristotle - Walters 71267 - Back.jpg
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Writing Tablet with Scenes from the Lives of Virgil and Aristotle ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writing Tablet with Scenes from the Lives of Virgil and Aristotle |
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English: This writing tablet has a depression for wax on the underside, but the lid that protected the wax is missing. Legends about wily women making fools of intelligent men from classical times were very popular in the late Middle Ages. The relief on this writing tablet contains two such episodes. In the upper register, the Roman writer Virgil, who thought that he was being drawn up in a basket for a secret rendezvous with a beautiful woman, was left suspended in mid-air for all to laugh at. Below, on the left, Alexander asks his lover Campaspe (also known as Phyllis) to ensnare the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Her success is depicted on the right. |
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Date |
between 1340 and 1360 date QS:P571,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1340-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1360-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 (Middle Agesera QS:P2348,Q12554 ) |
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ivory medium QS:P186,Q82001 |
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Dimensions | 9.5 × 5.2 × 0.6 cm (3.7 × 2 × 0.2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
71.267 |
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Place of creation | Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Exhibition history | The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1962. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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