Fifteenth-century German shield, painted with a pelican with her boy, Elongated fifteenth-century German shield, probably a footman's shield, with concave sides. An increase of 13 cm wide runs in the middle from top to bottom. Completely covered with dark red leather, the front painted with the representation of a black pelican, poking itself in the chest with its beak above a nest with four young ones feeding on the falling drops of blood. In a four-lobed frame, surrounded by plant, flower and abstract motifs. Holes in the shield at three places, through which straps come off the handle, held

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Size: 4497px × 6000px
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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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