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Source Description
A priest draped in a short garment, holds in his left hand the hind legs of a boar and the culter (a knife) in his right. Behind a round altar rises the image of the god, or more probably of the hero, to whom the nocturnal sacrifice is offered.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
25114
label
Sacrifice of a Boar
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
25114
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Sacrifice of a Boar
description
A priest draped in a short garment, holds in his left hand the hind legs of a boar and the culter (a knife) in his right. Behind a round altar rises the image of the god, or more probably of the hero, to whom the nocturnal sacrifice is offered.
provenance
Sale, Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, April 21, 1902 (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1540-1550 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
plaques
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.6
height
5.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 13/16 x W: 2 3/16 in. (4.6 x 5.6 cm)
Source extras
med
painted enamel on copper
creator_ids
3095
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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ce70bf92cab80c73