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Girolamo Campagna

Door Knocker
Now On View

Maker

Attributed to Girolamo Campagna (Italian, 1549-1625)

Title

Door Knocker

Year

ca. 1570-1599

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

bronze

Dimensions

39.4 x 29.2 x 12.7 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 5 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

55.091

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

Without even entering the house, a visitor could learn a great deal about the family inside from this massive door knocker, whose design may have derived from a coat of arms. At the top is a double-headed eagle. Signifying power, this emblem represented the Holy Roman Empire, which controlled parts of Italy. Two dolphins flank the head of a gorgon, or snake-haired woman, a traditional symbol used to ward off evil from a house or temple.

Girolamo Campagna dominated sculptural production in Venice in the last decades of the 1500s. Known more for his monumental bronze sculptures, he also made elaborate household objects for affluent clients.

The Object of Ornament
European Design, 1480-1800
Apr 12, 2002 – Jul 07, 2002

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Attributed to Girolamo Campagna (Italian, 1549-1625)
Door Knocker, ca. 1570-1599
Bronze
39.4 x 29.2 x 12.7 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 5 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 55.091

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