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2 panels & 2 fragments & a shield

Artist: Venetian

Location: Fitzwilliam Museum

Date: 16th Century

Materials: Istrian stone

Grant:

Vendor: F Cavendish Bentick

Review number: 782 (1931)

Provenance:
Morton's House, Corfe Castle collected by the father of the vendor.

Description:
Five pieces of architectural sculpture from the collection from Morton's House, Corfe Castle, Dorset including a rectangular panel depicting St. Mark's lion holding a book; a wooden shield painted and carved in the Sansovino style with the arms of Prinli; 2 panels with the half figure of an angel; and a fragment of St. Mark's lion sculpture.

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