Lock plate, The object consists of a shield and a bracket and has four mounting pins. The embossed ornament has a punched background. On the brace is a standing female figure in a pleated robe, holding with her right hand the basket of fruits which she carries on her head. An oval coat of arms is attached to the end of the bracket. It has two putti as shield holders. The weapon is as follows: sectioned, on the right a twill, accompanied by two undefined weapon figures and a six-pointed star, on the left two crossed scepters (?), Accompanied by three six-pointed stars, 1 and 2, and a triangle, shield cover: a helmet with a six-pointed star as a helmet sign and a blanket of tendrils. The lock shield is divided into two halves by a bracket. The keyhole surrounded by a cartouche is sawn in the right half. Above the cartouche trophies, consisting of a helmet, a hilt and armor for a woman. The lower half of the cartouche is surrounded by draperies. Below that is a sitting naked female figure. To the right of it is a frieze vertically divided into five sections. In the upper and lower section, a mounting pin decorated with a French lily. In between a jug on high foot, decorated with a drapery. Next, a mask surrounded by draperies above the following oval coat of arms: sectioned, on the right a Virginia creeper on a six-headed hill (Chigi), on the left two quarters surrounded by a tooth of edging: above a rosette above a crossbar with a wave, below it a leaping hazy wind. The shield has a helmet turned to the right with a six-headed hill as a cover. The left half of the final shield has almost the same ornamentation in antithesis, but with a seated resting naked male figure and his armor. The plate was pierced in four places at a later date:, Pompeo Leoni (attributed to), c. 1550 - c. 1600, copper (metal), gilding, h 22.7 cm h 18, × w 18 cm
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