Shield

Girolamo da Treviso · Italian

Date: ca. 1535

Medium: Wood, linen, gesso, gold leaf, polychromy

Dimensions: Diam. 24 5/8 in. (62.53 cm), D. approx. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)

Classification: Shields

Culture: Italian, probably Bologna

Themes: Battles, Horses, Shields

Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942

Met highlight

Date range

1510 – 1560

Largest dimension

62.5 cm

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