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Shield

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Shield

Date:: ca. 1570
Culture:: Italian, Milan
Medium:: Steel, etched and gilt
Dimensions:: Weight, 6 lb. 11 oz. (3033 g) Diameter, 21 3/4 in. (55.25 cm)
Classification:: Shields
Credit Line:: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession Number:: 14.25.739

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 371

Description

The figures in medallions include the Biblical heroine Judith and personifications of Justice, Truth, Prudence, and other virtues.
Provenance

Ex. coll.: Prince Peter Soltykoff, Paris.
See also
What
Metal (59,364)

Costume (41,678)

Etching (24,892)

Gilt (9,043)

Iron and iron alloy (6,952)

Iron alloy (3,389)

Steel (3,119)

Armor (2,071)

Shields (380)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Italy (20,983)

Lombardy (316)

Milan (223)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
In the Museum
Arms and Armor (13,084)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.

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