SHIELD
Creator(s): Theodore Ramos (Painter)
On view in: Massage Room
About this object
The Post coat of arms. Within a painted oval is the Post shield in a fanciful setting with a nymph at the right holding a long cornucopia full of fruit and a sickle. There are three winged putti flying above holding flower garlands against a blue sky. Below the shield is fruit, wheat stalks and a banderole with IN ME MEA SPES OMNIS written on it. Th coat of arms shows two arches in the upper third, a lion facing to the left with a circle on each side ot it in the middle third, and an arch in the bottom third. Below the oval is the word POST.
- Object name:
- SHIELD
- Made from:
- Oil on panel
- Made in:
- London, England
- Date made:
- 1958
- Size:
- Framed: 11 × 9 1/4 in. (27.9 × 23.5 cm) Unframed: 8 3/8 × 6 5/8 in. (21.3 × 16.8 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.138.1
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- COAT OF ARMS on shield: Post coat of arms
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973