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Game Piece with the Blinded Samson Led by a Boy to the Philistine Temple of Dagon
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Title: Game Piece with the Blinded Samson Led by a Boy to the Philistine Temple of Dagon
Caption: Game Piece with the Blinded Samson Led by a Boy to the Philistine Temple of Dagon. Culture: German. Dimensions: 2 7/8 x 13/16 in. (7.3 x 2 cm). Date: ca. 1150.
Numerous Romanesque playing pieces were produced in Cologne, a thriving center of ivory carving. This example illustrates a boy leading the blinded Samson to the pillars of the Philistine temple of Dagon. It would have been one of a set of fifteen pieces in a board game similar to backgammon, engaging an equal number of pieces displaying the feats of Samson and of Hercules.
Technique/material: walrus ivory
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 4200 × 3375 px | 40.6 MB
Print size: 35.6 × 28.6 cm | 1653.5 × 1328.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ANATOMY: BONES • BONE • CLOISTERS, THE • COLOGNE • EUROPE • GAME PIECES • GERMANY • IVORIES-WALRUS • IVORY • MADE IN COLOGNE, GERMANY • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • WALRUS IVORY
