Personification of Africa, 1580–90
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1580–90
Plaquette in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 60.70.3), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Personification of Africa”. The museum dates it 1580–90. The museum records the medium as Lead and gilding and the dimensions as Diameter: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Women, Crocodiles, Lions, Cornucopia. 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Lead and gilding
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Medals and Plaquettes
Identification
- Met object id
- 202460
- Museum object name
- Plaquette
- Museum object number
- 60.70.3
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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