Mirror Frame

1400-1410 (Renaissance)

27.6 cm 44.7 cm 3 cm

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This frame once held a mirror made of convex glass or polished metal. (The present mirror is a modern replacement.) This is a type of decorative personal luxury object that might be part of a bride's dowry; the empty shields would have been painted with the coats of arms of th...

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7516
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F. Ongania, Venice [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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5
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