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Recumbent Knight from a Tomb Sculpture

Elaborately carved tomb sculptures like this one were monuments not only to the person buried beneath them but also to the wealth, prominence, and religious devotion of the family of the deceased.

Recumbent Knight from a Tomb Sculpture | Philadelphia Museum of Art