Torchere Pedestal

16th century; Capital and base: 19th century (Renaissance) 48 in. (121.9 cm) Citation Source image

This pedestal is decorated with carved relief of a shield depicting a heraldic angel bearing a palm and cornucopia on a cross of the Knights of Malta; above is a barred helmet and an angel grasping the mantling of acanthus leaves. In the early 20th cnetury, it was incorporated...

Sculpture

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25484
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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