Pair of Stirrups

Unknown

early 17th century · Copper alloy, gold · Arms and Armor

Each stirrup is decorated on the outside and on the front shell with elegant grape vine scrolls. The inside of each branch is adorned too, displaying a candelabra composition with scrolls, cornucopias and unicorn protomes, probably inspired from an ornamental print. This shape of stirrups, evolved from 16th-century German types, became very popular in several other countries in the first decades of the 17th century, including the Netherlands, Northern Italy or Spain.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 17th century

Medium

Copper alloy, gold

Culture

Italian

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913