Tabernacle mirror frame, 1540–60, Italian, Florence(?), Walnut, Overall: 16 1/4 x 15 1/8, Frames, Unknown (Italian, Ferrara), A myriad of meanings, both positive and negative, were attached to mirrors in the Renaissance. Symbols of vanity, voluptuousness, deceit, humility, and pride, mirrors were also associated with prudence, a virtue
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Tabernacle mirror frame, 1540–60, Italian, Florence, Walnut, Overall, 16 1/4 x 15 1/8, Frames, Unknown, Ferrara, myriad, meanings, positive, negative, attached, mirrors, Renaissance, Symbols, vanity, voluptuousness, deceit, humility, pride, associated, prudence, virtue
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