Keywords: Italian - Torchere Pedestal - Walters 27395.jpg This pedestal is decorated with carved relief of a shield depicting a heraldic angel bearing a palm and cornucopia on a cross of the Knights of Malta; above is a barred helmet and an angel grasping the mantling of acanthus leaves In the early 20th cnetury it was incorporated into the fabric of the Walters' palazzo buidling on the second-floor landing 16th century; Capital and base 19th century Renaissance white marble cm 121 9 accession number 27 395 25484 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin north Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |