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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Girolamo da Treviso Creator Qualifier: Attributed to Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian Creator Dates/Places: ca. 1497-1544 Creator Name-CRT: Girolamo da Treviso Title: Shield Title Type: Object name View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1533 Creation End Date: 1537 Creation Date: ca. 1535 Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Classification Term: Arms Materials and Techniques: Wood, linen, gesso, gold leaf, polychromy Dimensions: Diam. 24 5/8 in. (62.5 cm) AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Owner Location: New York, New York, USA ID Number: 42.50.16 Credit Line: Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942 Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/ Context: This piece is from a distinctive group of Renaissance pageant shields painted on both sides with scenes from Roman history and classical mythology in grisaille (tones of gray) on a ground of gold leaf. Many of the details are rendered in sgraffito (the technique of scratching through a surface to reveal a different color underneath-in this case, gold). The exposed gold is impressed with comma-shaped marks to heighten its light-reflecting quality. Girolamo da Treviso was one of the few sixteenth-century artists to employ the demanding sgraffito technique, which had gone out of fashion by the late fifteenth century. The battle scenes on the inside of the shield, perhaps illustrating episodes from the life of the Roman general Scipio, show a keen observation of classical costume and armor, which were both known from antique sculpture and coins. The style of painting, the physical types, and the energetic poses are strongly indebted to Giulio Romano (ca. 1499-1546), who was Raphael's assistant and, later, court painter to the dukes of Mantua. Girolamo da Treviso worked with Giulio in Mantua in 1527. AMICA ID: MMA_.42.50.16 AMICA Library Year: 2000 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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