The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 23, 2024
Mount for Purse or Escarcelle
c. 1559
workshop of Diego de Çaias
(Spanish, 1535–1560)
Overall: 19 x 13.9 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1550
Location: not on view
Description
This object served as a frame for a mounted leather or cloth purse. Worn by men at the waist, such purses were attached by means of a suspension swivel. The handsome gold inlay depicting hunting and military scenes includes the inscription ALFONSVS ESTENSIS, as well as a coat-of-arms that identifies the owner as Alfonso II d'Este, created Duke of Ferrara in 1559.- (Frank Gair Macomber, Boston, no. 321.) Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance.
- Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 259, M14 archive.org
- Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1550