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Source Description
This mortar is probably from the laboratory of Francesco II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. On the body of the mortar, in relief, is the shield of the Medici family with the crown of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the letters AD 1648.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
31560
label
Mortar with the Medici Family Shield
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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31560
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object
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normalized
title
Mortar with the Medici Family Shield
description
This mortar is probably from the laboratory of Francesco II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. On the body of the mortar, in relief, is the shield of the Medici family with the crown of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the letters AD 1648.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, no. 301 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1648 (Baroque)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Metal
mortars
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 15/16 in. (40.5 cm)
Source extras
med
cast bronze with natural patina
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33562
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BAR
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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