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Source Description
The god Mercury appears on this intaglio wearing a cloak and his winged petasos. He stands leaning on a column while holding his caduceus in his right hand and a purse in his left. There is a rooster on the left and a scorpion on the right.
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Document identity
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20215
label
Intaglio with Mercury Set in a Ring
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obj
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object
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4
Source metadata
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20215
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object
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title
Intaglio with Mercury Set in a Ring
description
The god Mercury appears on this intaglio wearing a cloak and his winged petasos. He stands leaning on a column while holding his caduceus in his right hand and a purse in his left. There is a rooster on the left and a scorpion on the right.
provenance
George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, by 1817, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Marlborough no. 172]; George Spencer-Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1817, by bequest; George Spencer-Churchill, sixth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1840, by bequest; John Spencer-Churchill, seventh Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1857, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 June 1875, p. 25, lot 172; David Bromilow, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, ca. 1875, by purchase; Julia Bromilow Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, 1898, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, esq., Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26 June 1899, p. 29, lot 172; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1899, by purchase [Dikran Kelekian as agent]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by bequest; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
date
1st-2nd century CE (Roman Imperial)
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CC0
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en
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rings
intaglio
gem
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4
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4
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
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carnelian; mount: gold
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6191
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ROM
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none
Page inventory
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