Cameo with the Head of Janus (obverse); Overlapping Masks (reverse)

16th century (Late Renaissance)

2.2 cm 3.6 cm

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This type of carved cameo with a Roman mythological subject was a speciality of carvers in Italy to feed the market for "antique carved gems."

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William Ponsonby, second Earl of Bessborough, Parkstead House, London, by 1761, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Bessborough no. 34]; George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, London, by 1762, by purchase [Marlborough no. 255]; George Spencer-Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, London, 1817, by bequest; George Spencer-Churchill, sixth Duke of Marlborough, London, 1840, by bequest; John Spencer-Churchill, seventh Duke of Marlborough, London, 1857, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 June 1875, p. 39, lot 255; David Bromilow, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, ca. 1875, by purchase; Julia Bromilow Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, 1898, by inheritance; Sale, The Marlborough Gems Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, esq., Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26 June 1899, p. 44, lot 255; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1899, by purchase [Dikran Kelekian as agent]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
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