Ring with Dionysus
This massive gold ring has a convex bezel set with a garnet intaglio representing a young man crowned with an ivy wreath. This image could either be an image of the wine-god Dionysus or a portrait of King Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-204 BC) in the guise of this deity.
Images (2)
Artifact
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37243
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contentType
object
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Morrison Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Morrison Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1898, lot 255; E. Guilhou, France, by 1912 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Guilhou no. 268]; Arthur Evans, Oxford, by 1938, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Evans inv. no. 76]; 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
en
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pageCount
2
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import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1699_Top_TR_T05II.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1699_Top_TR_T05II.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1699_Top_TR_T05II.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1699 |