Plate with Pelican in her Piety, 15th century, Made in Dinant or Malines, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Brass, diam. 19 7/8 × 3 in., 6 lb. (diam. 50.5 × 7.6 cm, 2744g), Metalwork-Brass, The motif of the pelican piercing its breast to feed its young with its blood became a popular symbol of the sacrifice of Christ during the late medieval and early Renaissance period. Represented in the middle of this plate with three of its young, the elegantly formed bird directs its beak toward its own breast in a charitable gesture of self-sacrifice
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Plate, Pelican, Piety, 15th century, Dinant, Malines, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Brass, diam, 19 7/8, 3, 6 lb, 50.5, 7.6 cm, 2744g, Metalwork-Brass, motif, pelican piercing, breast, feed, young, blood, popular symbol, sacrifice, Christ, late medieval, early Renaissance, period, Represented, middle, plate, three, elegantly formed, bird, directs, beak, own breast, charitable gesture, self-sacrifice
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