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Description: | Oil on canvas. This painting was inspired by a description of a banquet in 'Memoirs of Ancient Chivalry' (1784), by French historian M. de la Curne de Sainte-Palaye. Sir Walter Scott later explained the significance of serving peacock at medieval banquets in the notes to his poem 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel' (1805): ‘When introduced on days of grand festival, it was the signal for venturous knights to take upon them vows to do some deed of chivalry before the Peacock and the Ladies.’ | Subjects: | harp monk drinking horse carpet helmet knight child sacrifice grape woman glass drum fur musician man banner plate robe curtain horseback bracelet bugle flag armour rosary apple dress pearls beard tassel castle moustache pineapple dog ermine peacock necklace sword | Temporal: | 1835 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Daniel Maclise | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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