Pendant with Pelican and Frogs

Description A pelican plucking her breast to feed her young is the central motif in this Renaissance revival brooch. The design appears to have been based on a pendant attributed to Corbinian Saur, a goldsmith working in Augsburg during the early 16th century.

Provenance Florence Trupp, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.

Credit Gift of Mrs. Florence Trupp, 1986