Escutcheon of the Arte della Lanna
late 14th century
Object PlaceFlorence, Italy
Medium/TechniqueChamplevé enamel and gilding on copper
Dimensions11.8 x 7.1 cm (4 5/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.489
On View
On viewClassificationsEnamels
Collections
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.
Unidentified
mid-12th century
