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Object Type
Museum number: 1893,0411.10.3
Description: A pectoral of gold, made for Pope Clement VII by Benvenuto Cellini; back view showing the arms of the Pope, with a clip issuing from two lions' mouths Watercolour, over black chalk
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1690-1730 (circa)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 199 millimetres; Width: 184 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: One of eighteen watercolours, by various hands, of jewellery, ornament and costume, bound in a red leather album. Inscribed on the folio: "The famous Pectorall of Gold..."
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Pope Clement VII; Associated with: Benvenuto Cellini
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1893
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1893,0411.10.3

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