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Corpus Vitrearum USA

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Arms of Medici and Austria

ARMS OF MEDICI AND AUSTRIASwitzerland or Austria
1610
Pot metal, white glass, silver stain, and enamel
47.6 x 48.2 (18 1/4 x 19)
Figure on left is a stopgap

Provenance: William H. Riggs, Paris
Bibliography: Dean (1925), 288-289.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 25.l 35.l 6 5 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)

Arms: Or five balls gules and in chief a ball azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis or (Medici), impaling gules in fess argent (Austria); crest: the grandducal crown of Tuscany
Inscription: COSMVS MEDICES/MAGNVS DVX ETRVRIAE 1610.

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Entry From: Checklist I Filed Under: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters

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