Ornament with Clasping Hands

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description Ritual jewelry symbolized the value of marital alliances. This ornament has hooks on the back to fasten it to clothing.

Exhibitions

Provenance Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1941

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ca. 1611 (Baroque)

gold, enamel, emeralds, rubies, stones
(Enamels)

44.413

H: 2 3/16 x W: 1 15/16 in. (5.5 x 5 cm)