Intaglio with Bust Wearing an Aegis
3 cm 4 cm 0.6 cm
Citation Source imageThis intaglio depicts a bust with wings in its hair and wearing armor in profile to the left. The image has been historically identified as Medusa but may also represent a ruler in the guise of a conqueror.
Artifact
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id
27611
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contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Arthur Evans, Oxford, by 1938 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Evans inv. no. 138; said to be from Rome]; Jacob Hirsch, Munich, 1941 [executor of Evans' will]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, 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_42.1340_Fnt_BW_T01.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1340_Fnt_BW_T01.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1340_Fnt_BW_T01.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1340 |