UNKNOWN MASTER, German
(active 17th century in southern Germany)

Baton with the Arms of Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici

17th century
Engraved ivory, 150 cm
Museo degli Argenti, Florence

The ivory rod, supposedly lathe-made and then engraved, is divided into twenty-three sections, each of which represents a separate scene from the Apocalypse and are connected to each other by gilt silver rings.