Hand Bell
Artist
Unknown, Italian
DateFirst half of the 16th Century
CultureNorthern Italian; probably Veronese
MediumGilded bronze
ClassificationMetalwork
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (pl. LXVIII), approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transfered to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN7156
On View
Not on viewCollections
Unknown, Italian
Probably mid-19th Century
Unknown
Frame, 16th century; Miniature, second half of 15th century
16th century
16th century
ca. 1550
