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Escutcheon of the Arte della Lanna
Maker: Unidentified
Italian (Florence)
Medieval (Gothic)
late 14th century
Object Place: Europe, Florence, Italy
Medium/Technique
Champlevé enamel and gilding on copper
Dimensions
11.8 x 7.1 cm (4 5/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number49.489
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsEnamels
DescriptionConvex shield with an attachment hole at the top. Hammered, champlevé, engraved, enameled, and gilded. Enamel colors are lapis blue and red. Against a lapis-blue ground, the Lamb of Christ is in reserve and engraved. He has red enameled feet and ears and holds a staff surmounted by a cross, with a banner displaying a red cross. Arranged horizontally across the top are four gilded fleurs-de-lis within red niches.
ProvenanceBy 1915, Ercole Canessa, Naples [see note 1]; August 20, 1929, sold by Canessa to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P6556); May 14, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 715, to the MFA for $100. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
NOTES:
[1] See "Canessa's Collection Catalogue," (Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915), cat. no. 160. Ercole Canessa was a dealer and exporter of Italian art works and antiques, based in Naples, Paris and New York.
NOTES:
[1] See "Canessa's Collection Catalogue," (Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915), cat. no. 160. Ercole Canessa was a dealer and exporter of Italian art works and antiques, based in Naples, Paris and New York.