The Ordeal by Fire before Emperor Otto III, a painting by Dirk Bouts, painted 1470/75 (Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Brussels). The picture shows a legendary tale related to Otto III (980–1002): A man should have broken the marriage with Otto's wife, wherefor the ruler had him beheaded. The widow proved to the contrary: in one hand she held the severed head of her husband, in the other—a red-hot iron. Attempted translation of the above German description.Notice: (Saint) Richardis is not the woman before Otto but the nun in flames in the far back.

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Topics:
   + 15th-century fashion
   + Corpses in art
   + Cut-off heads in art
   + Justice panels, right panel
   + Ordeal
   + Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor

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Licensing:

• Artist: Dirk Bouts
• License: Public Domain

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• Original datetime: 1470/75
• Upload datetime: 2009-05-26T23:51:15Z
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