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Old Beggar Woman, Italian (?), first half of 16th century

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

first half of 16th century

Plaquette in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1975.1.1328), catalogued by the museum's Robert Lehman Collection department under the title “Old Beggar Woman”. The museum dates it first half of 16th century and records its origin as Italian (?). The museum records the medium as Copper alloy with brown patina under a worn layer of black lacquer or wax. and the dimensions as 14 x 8.3 cm, wt. 487.39 g.. Subject tags assigned by the museum: Women. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
Copper alloy with brown patina under a worn layer of black lacquer or wax.
Dimensions
14 x 8.3 cm, wt. 487.39 g.

Technical characteristics

Classification
Plaquettes
Culture recorded
Italian (?)

Identification

Met object id
461539
Museum object name
Plaquette
Museum object number
1975.1.1328

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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