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	'''''The Accolade''''' is a painting by ] artist ]. It is one of many paintings produced by Leighton in the 1900s on the subject of ], with others including '']'' (1901) and '']'' (1908). It has been described as among Leighton's best known works<ref name="All Art Classics">{{cite web \| url =http://www.allartclassic.com/pictures_zoom.php?p_number=80&p=&number=LEE003\| title ="The Accolade" \|publisher =]\| accessdate = 18 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Art Renewal Center">{{cite web \| url =http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=844\| title ="Edmund Blair Leighton" \|publisher =]\|author=Kara Ross \| accessdate = 18 July 2016}}</ref> and one of the most recognizable paintings of the period.<ref name="Art Renewal Center"/>

	==Background==
	There are many stories considering the origin of and inspiration for the painting, although none of them are confirmed. The painting depicts an ], a ceremony to confer ]. Such ceremonies took many forms, including the tapping of the flat side of a sword on the shoulders of a candidate or an embrace about the neck. In the first example, the "knight-elect" kneels in front of the monarch on a knighting-stool. The monarch lays the side of the sword's blade onto the candidate's right shoulder. The monarch then raises the sword gently just up over the apprentice's head and places it on his left shoulder. The newly appointed knight arises, and the administrator presents him with the insignia of their knightly order. In the painting, the ceremony is performed by a young queen, the knight bowed before her feet in a position of submission and fealty. An audience is gathered on the Queen's left, serving as witnesses to the ceremony.

	==Reception==
	All Art Classics describes ''Accolade'' as Leighton's best-known work<ref name="All Art Classics"/> and Kara Ross, Director of Operations for the ], describes it as "the epitome of medieval iconography" and as one of Leighton's most famous works, which "are among the most widely recognized paintings of the period."<ref name="Art Renewal Center"/> ] catalog describes it as one of "the most memorable" of his medieval subjects.<ref name="Sotheby's">{{cite web \| URL =http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/british-irish-art-l14132/lot.211.html\| title ="A King and a Beggar Maid" \|publisher =]\| access date = 18 July 2016}}</ref> It also notes that among this collection, "the two qualities which can always be found... are beautifully meticulous studied detail and a sensitive capturing of humanity".<ref name="Sotheby's"/>

	== Other ==

	The painting is presented as a ], in the film '']'' (2005).

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