A Battle Scene
Plaquette
1550-1600 (made)
1550-1600 (made)
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Plaquettes are small plaques made of bronze, brass, lead or precious metals. They originated in the 1440s with the desire to reproduce coins and hardstone engravings from ancient Greece and Rome. Some were made as collector’s pieces, to be viewed and displayed in private, and others for practical purposes. They also inspired designs in other media, from architecture to bookbindings. This is a cast from an antique gem. The same composition occurs in an engraving by Enea Vico, who recorded many gems and cameos from classical antiquity.
Object details
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| Title | A Battle Scene (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Plaquette, bronze, depicting a warrior fighting a horseman, Italy, probably 16th century |
| Physical description | Plaquette depicts a naked warrior on foot dragging another by the hair from the back of his galloping horse. On the grounds a shield. |
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| Object history | From the Salting bequest. |
| Historical context | Probably cast from an antique cameo formerly in the possession of Sir William Hamilton. |
| Production | probably 16th century |
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| Summary | Plaquettes are small plaques made of bronze, brass, lead or precious metals. They originated in the 1440s with the desire to reproduce coins and hardstone engravings from ancient Greece and Rome. Some were made as collector’s pieces, to be viewed and displayed in private, and others for practical purposes. They also inspired designs in other media, from architecture to bookbindings. This is a cast from an antique gem. The same composition occurs in an engraving by Enea Vico, who recorded many gems and cameos from classical antiquity. |
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| Accession number | A.404-1910 |
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| Record created | October 22, 2004 |
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