Panel
ca. 1500 (made)
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This limestone panel was made in Castile, Toledo, in about 1500. This irregularly-shaped heraldic relief represents the coat of arms and was perhaps an architectural decoration in a secular building or church, or possibly it adored the side of a tomb. The imagery suggests an ecclesiastical context. The sunken field implies it might have been part of a moulding, either for a tomb or as part of an architrave. In style this panel recalls late 15th and early 16th century pieces in Castile, and its provenance supports the idea that it was produced in Toledo. It is in the same tradition as the far larger and more magnificent coats of arms in the north transept of S. Juan de los Reyes in Toledo by Juan Guas (active 1459-d. 1496). What is probably a slightly later heraldic relief is to be seen on the side of the tomb of Juan López de León in Toledo Cathedral.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved limestone |
| Brief description | Panel, coat of arms decoration, limestone, Castile, Toledo, about 1500. |
| Physical description | Irregularly-shaped heraldic relief. Badly weathered. The head and tip of the left wing of the bird are missing; the heads of the lamb and lion are damaged, as are the paws of the lion. The back is roughened as if the relief were originally keyed in to a larger ensemble. The heraldry of the piece can be blazoned as follows: in pale an Agnus Dei and lion couchant. Sepporters: dexter: an escallop; sinister: a dove(?) volant(?). The escallop may be a badge, rather than a supporter, while the bird may be an eagle rather than a dove. |
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| Summary | This limestone panel was made in Castile, Toledo, in about 1500. This irregularly-shaped heraldic relief represents the coat of arms and was perhaps an architectural decoration in a secular building or church, or possibly it adored the side of a tomb. The imagery suggests an ecclesiastical context. The sunken field implies it might have been part of a moulding, either for a tomb or as part of an architrave. In style this panel recalls late 15th and early 16th century pieces in Castile, and its provenance supports the idea that it was produced in Toledo. It is in the same tradition as the far larger and more magnificent coats of arms in the north transept of S. Juan de los Reyes in Toledo by Juan Guas (active 1459-d. 1496). What is probably a slightly later heraldic relief is to be seen on the side of the tomb of Juan López de León in Toledo Cathedral. |
| Bibliographic reference | Trusted, Marjorie. Spanish Sculpture : Catalogue of the Post-Medieval Spanish Sculpture in Wood, Terracotta, Alabaster, Marble, Stone, Lead and Jet in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996. p. 29. cat. no. 5. |
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| Accession number | A.182-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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