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| Keywords: French - Relief from the Chateau de Moyencourt - Walters 27272.jpg This relief depicts a mermaid and a crowned shepherdess each holding a coat of arms Around the mermaid the words Ave Maria Hail Mary are inscribed nine times Around the shepherdess are grape vines The coats of arms are likely those of the families of the husband and wife joined in marriage The relief originally came from the gate of the now-destroyed Ch teau de Moyencourt The gate was constructed by Gerard d'Athies sometime after 1413 As Gerard was a close friend of the French king Charles VII and supporter of Joan of Arc 1412-1431 it was once believed that he meant the shepherdess to refer to Joan of Arc However 15th and 16th-century images of Joan depict her as a warrior alluding to her military campaigns against the English Only in the 19th century was her youth as a shepherdess emphasized ca 1410 1440 late Medieval limestone cm 113 129 7 26 accession number 27 272 39834 Chateau de Moyencourt near Compiègne photographs show the sculpture in place on the wall above the drawbridge Raoul Heilbronner Paris 1911 mode of acquisition unknown removed from the Chateau Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 Transcription Nine times around the mermaid Ave Maria; Translation Nine times around mermaid Hail Mary place of origin Chateau de Moyencourt in Compiègne France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ave Maria inscription | ||||
