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1500-1550

Dish with a Striding Lion

Artist/maker unknown

The striding lion may symbolize the city of Venice, famous not only for its mercantile power and wealth, but also for its military power, important at this time for the defense of Italy from the expanding Turkish empire.

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Artist/maker unknown, Dish with a Striding Lion, 1500-1550 | Philadelphia Art Museum