Heraldic Lion

Applied Arts of Europe

c. 1450

Italian, Venice

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Title: Heraldic Lion
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1445–1455
Medium: Bronze, black-brown patina
Dimensions: 36.8 × 13.3 × 28.6 cm (14 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf
Reference Number: 1980.503
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Art Institute of Chicago, “Small Bronzes from Chicago Collections,” 22 July - 8 October 1972, no cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Renaissance Decorative Arts from Chicago Collections,” 2 March - 14 June 1987, no cat.

Ernest Joresco, Chicago, before 1980 [according to copy of incoming shipping receipt, 22 December 1980, in curatorial file]. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Winnetka, Illinois, by 1980; given to the Art Institute, 1980.

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