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Emperor on Horseback
(Baroque Europe )
The central medallion contains an image of the emperor on horseback. A Habsburg double-headed eagle is shown to the upper right and below to the left a shield with the initials R and S. The six medallions around the rim contain the six imperial electors. See Erwin Hintze, Nuernberger Zinn, pl. 77 for a similar plate.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Germany, Nuremberg (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
55.2