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Art and Love in Renaissance Italy

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Enlarge Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi, called Lo Scheggia (Florentine, 1406–1486)
Childbirth Tray (Desco da Parto) with The Triumph of Fame (recto) and Medici and Tornabuoni Arms and Devices (verso)
Florence, ca. 1448
Tempera, silver, and gold on panel; Diam., overall, 36 1/2 in. (92.7 cm); recto, painted surface, 24 5/8 in. (62.5 cm); verso, painted surface, 29 5/8 in. (75.2 cm)
Inscribed: SEMPER
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase in memory of Sir John Pope-Hennessy; Rogers Fund, The Annenberg Foundation, Drue Heinz Foundation, Annette de la Renta, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gifts, Wrightsman and Gwynne Andrews Funds, special funds, and Gift of the children of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Logan, and other gifts and bequests, by exchange, 1995 (1995.7)
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