Roundel with a Mounted Falconer and Hare
Not on view
This piece speaks to a “transformation” trend of the early twentieth century: the “improvement” (if not forging) of artifacts. The addition of polychromy and gilding was common, but analyses can prove twentieth-century intervention only if the pigments are modern. For instance, the cobalt blue and the gold powder on this roundel are modern, while the lapis, cinnabar, and vermillion could be modern or medieval.
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