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Seal of Philip III (1578-1621)
(Renaissance Europe )
The obverse of this seal depicts a throned monarch with an orb and sword. The reverse has a four-part coat of arms with a castle in the upper left, a rampant lion in the upper right, a rampant lion in the lower left and a castle in the lower right. The seal is attached to a charter granted by Philip II in 1608 (Walters W.504).
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of aquisition unknown]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Geographies
Spain (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H including silk cord: 10 7/8 × W: 3 1/16 × D: 3/8 in. (27.6 × 7.8 × 1 cm); Diameter: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 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.
55.88
