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Panel & 3 Gothic Brackets & Shield & Dog of Alcibiades & Bench

Unknown artist, 13th–16th century

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead

1) Rectangular panel with triple crown with keys of St. Peter; 2) 3 gothic brackets; 3) barocco shield in white marble; 4) shield with arms of Barozzi family; 5) copy of the Dog of Alcibiades in the Vatican Museum, a seated dog; 6) a stone bench from the collection from Morton's House, Corfe Castle, Dorset. Panel and shield currently unlocated according to 2003 audit.

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Panel & 3 Gothic Brackets & Shield & Dog of Alcibiades & Bench, 13th–16th century

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1931

Medium and material

Istrian stone

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