Cameo with a Head on the Body of the Madonna
This cameo is a pastiche composed of two different cameo fragments, one of a head, possibly of the god Dionysos, and one of a bust of a Madonna, an Italian work of the 18th century. Mary is depicted breastfeeding the baby Jesus in a type called a Madonna del latte.
Artifact
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id
21565
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contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; 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.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
0
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source
import
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Source image fields (2)
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1172 |