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Source Description
In this posthumous portrait the founder of the Walters Art Museum, Henry Walters (1848-1931), is shown with three objects from his collection: a Mosan enamel plaque of the 12th century (44.101), a Limoges enamel reliquary of the 13th century (44.78), and a German brass statuette of St. Sebastian of the early 16th century (53.34). Henry is shown wearing the same stick-pin decorated with a Carthaginian stater that appears in another posthumous portrait commissioned from Frank O. Salisbury (37.2000). This stick-pin is now in the museum's collection (59.699).
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Document identity
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6141
label
Portrait of Henry Walters
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obj
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title
Portrait of Henry Walters
description
In this posthumous portrait the founder of the Walters Art Museum, Henry Walters (1848-1931), is shown with three objects from his collection: a Mosan enamel plaque of the 12th century (44.101), a Limoges enamel reliquary of the 13th century (44.78), and a German brass statuette of St. Sebastian of the early 16th century (53.34). Henry is shown wearing the same stick-pin decorated with a Carthaginian stater that appears in another posthumous portrait commissioned from Frank O. Salisbury (37.2000). This stick-pin is now in the museum's collection (59.699).
provenance
Walters Art Museum, 1938, by commission from the artist.
date
1938
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
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portraits
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cm
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116
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98
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H: 45 11/16 x W: 38 9/16 in. (116 x 98 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signed and dated] Lower left: Thos. C. Corner / 1938
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oil on canvas
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4398
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34
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3300
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