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Historical Archive: Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-century Metalwork
Deposition with stamp of Santiago de Compostella, silver and jet, 15th or 16th c., Louvre OA 11112
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ewer: silver gilt metalwork France, Paris?, late 15th and 16th c.; rock crystal France?, 14th c.; Louvre OA 29. This work has its own page.
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Standing cross, 15th-16th c., Freiburg im Breisgau, Augustinermuseum K13/D. For center Carolingian intaglio see Freiburg.
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King Henry VI (Henry of Windsor, as saint?) with orb and scepter, antelope at feet, late 15th-early 16th c., lead alloy, MoL 97.22
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St. Barbara reliquary pendant, France or Netherlands 1495-1505, gold and enamel, AIC 1938.1179
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16th c. mount for Roman or 15th c. intaglio of Antoninus Pius: standing youth, gold, CdM Chab. 2093
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16th c. mount for Roman or 15th c. intaglio of Antoninus Pius: frame, gold, CdM Chab. 2093
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16th c. gold ring with seal of Alaric II the Visigoth (484-507), sapphire, Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum, which has its own page.
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Resurrection pendant, 16th c. Spain or Spanish colonial: wood, rock crystal, enamel, pearl. AIC 1992.532
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centaur pendant, gold/enamel/ruby/emerald/diamond/crystal/pearl, Italy 16th c., KGM 1855,1099
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Virgin and Child: seal matrix St Mary Bel, copper alloy, 16th c., MoL A1497
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pendant with life of Christ, silver? and ivory, Athos 16th c., Schn B122
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gilt copper base Italy 16th c., mounted rock crystal vial, palmette side: prob. Abbasid 9th-early 10th c.; Schn G19. For another view see Schn.
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chalice, Transylvania c.1500, MAAB. For detail see MAAB.
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drinking horn with eagle feet: horn, copper, copper gilt; Germany c.1500, Cluny Cl.2324. For details see Cluny.
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Nef of St. Ursula, carnelian/gold/silver gilt/copper/enamel 1500, which has its own page with parts through 17th c.
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frame France or Italy, early 16th c., gold, enamel, pearl; for agate cameo of Emperor Tiberius, 14-37 CE. AIC 1992.297
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Hockley reliquary pendant, wounds of Christ (lit from left), early 16th c., gold, BM 2012,8046.1. For other views see BM.
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Adam and Eve plate, cast brass, Germany c.1500-50, Belgrade MAA 6216. For oblique view see Belgrade MAA.
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Wittenberg University seal matrix: Elector Friedrich III. of Saxony, silver, 1502, SMBMünz 18239333
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Canon Dietrich von Alten (d. 1502), bronze or brass, attrib. Peter Vischer der Ältere, HildMus G20. For other views see Hildesheim funerary monuments.
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Maximilian I, silver 3 Guldiner, Antwerp 1517 (dated 1509), SMBMünz 18203549
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memorial brass of Jane Agmondeshan 1519, Ewell
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Processional cross, silver? attributed to Jos. Som of Ueberlingen (1506-63), Freiburg im Breisgau, Münster treasury. For center Carolingian intaglio see Freiburg.
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Giovanni Bernardi da Castelbolognese, medal obverse: Pope Clement VII de'Medici, gilt bronze 1529-30, UCh 1977.117. For reverse see UCh.
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Apocalypse medal, Hans Reinhart the Elder 1539, silver, Pushkin Bec 54, 13r
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Woman clothed with the sun: silver Taler, Goslar 1542, SMBMünz 18202042
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seal matrix for the Royal Hospital of St Katharine-by-the-Tower and the Royal seal for Ecclesiastical Causes, copper alloy, 1548, MoL A11011
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metalwork Luca D'andrea; Francesco Mosca (il Moschino), Lorenzi Stoldo marble: Coronation of the Virgin 1565-83, int. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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musical automaton in the form of a male saint, court of Charles V (J. Turriano?), Madrid 1570-80, MAAB. For detail see MAAB.
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Germain Pilon (1540-90), bronze medallion of Catherine de' Medici, Paris c.1575, Louvre MRR 313
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setting with enamel 1575-1600, Vienna Gonzaga cameo 278-69 BCE, KHM IXa 81
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astronomical clock, C. Fredenberck, Augsburg 1577, MAAB. For details see MAAB.
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memorial brass of Dorothy Taylare/Taylard, d.1577, and children, Ewell
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flagon in the form of an owl, silver gilt?, U. Sautter, Ulm 1580s, MAAB. For details see MAAB.
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Vincenzo Possanti, 1584 bronze lamp "of Galileo", Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages with detail
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ring with watch and Crucifixion triptych with instruments of the Passion, Jakob Weiss, gold and enamel, c.1585, IMA 73.70.93. For other views see IMA.
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Sea horse, nautilus shell and metalwork (silver gilt?), Elias Geyer, Leipzig 1590s, MAAB. For another view see MAAB.
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frame, Italy, late 16th c.: gold, pearls, enamel; for agate cameo Emperor Claudius as Jupiter, agate cameo 41-54 CE. AIC 1991.375. For profile see AIC.
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dog collar, velvet and gilt brass, 17th c. Saxony, IHZS for Johann Herzog zu Sachsen, PMA 1977-167-1053
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Dove pendant, France or Flemish 17th c.: Baroque pearls, gold, enamel. AIC 1992.538
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enameled silver-gilt stand, 17th c., with double-sided gem attrib. to Giovanni delle Corniole (aft. 1470–aft. 1516): cameo Christ, p.c., access courtesy of Hadrien Rambach. For other views see private collections.
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pectoral cross, gold/enamel, 17th c. Russia, MSHM
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Assumption of the Virgin, copper gilt, 17th c., Tau
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ewer: silver gilt metalwork 14th, 17th, and 18th c.; rock crystal, Paris mid 14th c.; Louvre OA 62A
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skeleton knife grip, bronze, 17th-18th c.? KGM F 4890. For detail see Berlin.
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ostrich egg cup with cover, Johannes Lencker (1573-1637), Augsburg 1620-25, MAAB. For details see MAAB.
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bronze font cover by Ciro Ferri (1634-89), Lateran Baptistery, Rome. The baptistery octagon and narthex have their own interior page.
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coconut shell cup, silver? Johann Leonhard Hahn 1656, LMM 74/34. For detail see LMM.
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Joachim Engelhart von Rindtorff (d. 1667), epitaph or poss. marker for 1621 donation, brass, HildMus G45. For detail see Hildesheim funerary monuments.
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Theodor Adolf Baron de Lützerode, d. 1667, bronze or brass, HildMus G46
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von der Recke arms, ancestry of Baron de Lützerode, 1667, bronze or brass, HildMus G46
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Friedrich Joseph von Bockenvörde, d. 1688, bronze or brass, HildMus G53
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Saint Rainerius reliquary, relics translated 1689, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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