28578
The Jane Hayward Database of Medieval Art
United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London, Victoria and Albert Museum
c. 1480 - 1500
Heraldry, Germany: Virneburg
Museum number: 6916-1860
A grotesque turbaned figure with hands and feet clamped to a shield of arms of the Counts of Virneburg. Virneburg was an independent state lying north of Trier in the German lands, south of Aachen and to the west of Coblenz.