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The knight is seen kneeling in a prayer in front a tomb, beneath a window. The interior of the chapel is very dark and devoided of any significant decoration. Amother knight is seen, at the right, by the door, possibly his squire. He holds the knight's helmet at his hands, while his shield can be seen at his left, leaning at the wall.
Non-recumbent types of effigy became popular during the Renaissance. By the early Modern period, European effigies were often shown as alive, either kneeling or in a more active pose, especially for military figures. Variations show the deceased lying on their side as if reading, kneeling in prayer, or even standing.
This would include an all night prayer vigil, the girding–or hanging of his sword, a blow to the cheek from the flat part of the sword by an elder, and the bestowal of his spurs. In iconography, the spurs distinguished the noble knights from other armored soldiers, such as infantrymen.
The Prayer at Valley Forge, arguably Friberg's most well-known painting. Arnold Friberg (December 21, 1913 – July 1, 2010) was an American illustrator and painter noted for his religious and patriotic works. He is perhaps best known for his 1975 painting The Prayer at Valley Forge, a depiction of George Washington praying at Valley Forge.
Watch Meeting—Dec. 31st 1862—Waiting for the Hour is an 1863 painting by the US artist William Tolman Carlton. The location of the original painting is not known, but a different version, possibly a study, is displayed in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House. Watch meetings originated as nighttime religious services of the Methodist Church.
Helmet, rifle and boots forming a battle cross for a fallen Marine.. The Battlefield Cross, alternatively referred to as the Fallen Soldier Battlefield Cross, Soldier's Cross, or just Battle Cross, is a symbolic replacement of a cross, or memorial marker appropriate to an individual service-member's religion, on the battlefield or at the base camp for a soldier who has been killed.
Turbaned soldier on horseback: About 1632 B141: 6: Polander leaning on a stick: About 1632 B262: 3: Old man with beard, fur cap and velvet cloak: About 1632 B363: 2: Sheet of studies: head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and woman, etc. About 1632 B017: 2: Self portrait in a cap and scarf with the face dark: bust: 1633 B052: 2