Sculpture of a Kneeling Knight or King

Unknown

ca. 1175–1225 · Sandstone · Arms and Armor

The Latin Chronicles (ca. 1212) of the kings of Castile proclaims: “On our side, Christ, God, and Man. On the Moors’, the Faithless, and Damned Apostle, Muhammad.” The Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula, from 1212 onward, became one of the defining political and cultural events of western Europe. Perhaps kneeling in supplication, this king—entirely covered in mail—comes from an unknown setting.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1175–1225

Medium

Sandstone

Culture

North Spanish

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929