Cameo with Noah's Ark
The style of carving, subject, and choice of stone point to Allessandro Masnago who worked in Milan around 1600, often on commission from the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague and from other courts north of the Alps. This piece is said to come from the collection of the dukes of Bav...
Artifact
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id
23266
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contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
SchatzKammer, Munich (?), 1619 [until the 18th century] [mode of acquisition unknown]; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Germany; Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [through an agent in Germany]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by purchase.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
1
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1447_Fnt_SL.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1447_Fnt_SL.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1447_Fnt_SL.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1447 |
Terms
Medium
carved sardonyx, gold