Plaque with Emblem

Description A rectangular plaque displays an oval wreath of laurel leaves enframing a device composed of a pair of wings and a scroll inscribed: SVB VMBRA TVARVM [alarum]- a free rendering of verse 4 of Psalm 90, translated: "He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust." The scroll and wings are white; the ground lapis blue; the laurel leaves green, with clusters of fruit at the angles and fillets in amber color. In the corners sprays of leaves are indicated in gilding.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
11/28/1956	Treatment	repaired
10/08/1987	Treatment	other
11/20/1987	Treatment	cleaned; loss compensation; examined for condition

Provenance Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Collections de San Donato Sale, Paris, March 22, 1870, lot 468; Henry Willett, Brighton, England [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, London, April 7, 1905, no. 98; George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Transcription] SVB VMBRA * TVARVM; [Translation] Under the shadow [of your wings]

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters