AUCTIONS IMPERIAL NOVEMBER 2019
Lot 294:
Description
A heavy shield made for use, likely siege work. Handwrought of steel throughout with rolled border and remains of leather grips and lining retained by rivets. The obverse finely painted with a Mannerist representation of the Homeric heroes Achilles and Hector dueling on the verdant plain of Scamander before Troy. On the left, Achilles is represented as a strong, bearded warrior in a fine suit of black armor and shield with gilt details made for him by the god Hephaistos, and armed with a storta type short saber. On the right, Hector, Prince of Troy, opposes him, in a gilded and plumed helmet and shield, wielding an arming sword with recurved guard and wheel pommel. The pierced and engraved brass boss with scalloped edge retained by a quadrangular steel central spike. Late 16th-early 17th century. Wear, minor abrasions to paint. Diameter 57.5cm. Condition III
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