Tomb Effigy of a Recumbent Knight

About the Artwork

Title Tomb Effigy of a Recumbent Knight

Artwork Date ca. between 1350 and 1375

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Italian

Medium Marble

Dimensions Overall: 76 × 22 3/8 × 10 inches (193 × 56.8 × 25.4 cm) Overall (pedestal): 15 3/4 × 30 × 87 inches (40 × 76.2 × 221 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 27.1

Copyright This work is in the public domain.