Love and Courtship

Unknown   (French)

Door Knocker with Figure of a Naked Woman

15th century


iron

8.75 x 1.25 x 1.5 in
22.23 x 3.18 x 3.81 cm

Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
68.15.3

Depicted under an architectural canopy, the nude woman featured on this door knocker likely represents Eve, and might have been paired with a knocker depicting Adam. Through the portrayal of a biblical subject, the artist presents a medieval idealization of the female nude without prurience.
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