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4541B

Coat of Arms of Isabel I of Castile and Fernando II of Aragon (The Catholic Monarchs)

Coat of Arms of Isabel I of Castile and Fernando II of Aragon (The Catholic Monarchs)

4541B
Artist
Unidentified Sapi-Portuguese Artist
Title
Coat of Arms of Isabel I of Castile and Fernando II of Aragon (The Catholic Monarchs) 
Date
ca. 1500
Medium
Ivory relief
Location
Ornament on an ivory oliphant, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA.
Photo Source
National Museum of African Art Website
Correspondence Credit
Almerindo Ojeda
Note
Given that the coats of arms of the oliphant are of the Catholic Monarchs (reigned 1475-1504) and Manuel I of Portugal (reigned 1495-1521), the dating on this piece could be narrowed to 1495-1502. Bassani and Fagg 1988, 108 propose a different woodcut as the source of the ivory carving, but it is not as similar to the carving as 4541A is.
Item
4541B
Correspondences
Archive: 4541A/4541B
Archive: 4541A/4541B
4541A/4541B