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Northern French or Netherlandish
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Enthusiasm for embarking on Crusade waned during the fourteenth century, notwithstanding the celebration of past efforts of Christians to secure the Holy Land and its treasures in works of art like this, in which knights on horseback breach the walls of Jerusalem in quest of the True Cross.
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Title: Scene from the Legend of the True Cross
Date: second half 14th century
Culture: Northern French or Netherlandish
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: Overall: 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (62.2 x 74.9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1925
Object Number: 25.120.528
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