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Pilgrim's Badge with Saints Peter and Paul
Lead badges such as this one were purchased by pilgrims as mementos of holy sites they had visited. The tokens could also be infused with sanctity through being blessed or touched to a shrine. Originally there were loops at top and bottom for the pilgrim to sew the badges onto a hat or cloak. This example represents the apostles Peter and Paul and comes from Rome.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Piero Tozzi, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, September 19, 1945, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 2010-2011 | Treasures of Heaven. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The British Museum, London. |
Geographies
Italy, Rome
(Place of Origin)
Italy, Torcello (Place of Discovery)
Measurements
1 5/16 x 1 9/16 in., 1/8 in. (3.4 x 4 cm, 0.3 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1945
Location in Museum
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.
55.76