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Source Description
This intaglio fragment depicts a goddess, possibly Venus Victrix or Thetis, holding out a helmet in her right hand. A small trident appears over her shoulder.
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Document identity
localId
15484
label
Intaglio Fragment with a Goddess Set in a Ring
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
15484
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Intaglio Fragment with a Goddess Set in a Ring
description
This intaglio fragment depicts a goddess, possibly Venus Victrix or Thetis, holding out a helmet in her right hand. A small trident appears over her shoulder.
provenance
Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1904, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, p. 10, lot 28; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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intaglios
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
Source extras
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Greek
med
sapphire; mount: gold
creator_ids
6256
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GRC
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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4b3356354d35c2fc