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| Keywords: Italian - Facade Relief with Two Birds - Walters 27248 - Top.jpg Originally painted in bright colors many such reliefs graced the façades of the residences of wealthy Venetians in the 12th and 13th centuries Their round shape probably continues an earlier tradition of decorating outside walls with inset ceramic plates The marble of which they are made was brought by Venetian trading ships from Greece Two companion pieces with the same frames and diameter can still be seen in Venice between the windows of a house at 1043 Calle de le Strazze The exotic birds probably parrots flanking a tree here seem to allude to palace gardens like the ones Venetian merchants would have seen in the East and to the splendor and luxury associated with them century 13 Medieval marble cm 40 5 accession number 27 248 26901 Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Medieval Art in America 1800-1940 Patterns of Collecting Palmer Museum of Art University Park 1995-1996 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Museum of Biblical Art New York; Colby College Museum of Art Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license Ceramic reliefs Medieval reliefs Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Exotic decorative artefacts | ||||
