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Source Description
This casket appears to be have been assembled from various unrelated, solid cast plaques with both mythological and christian subjects. the assemblage may have taken place in the 1800s when there was a growing market for such personal items from the Renaissance.
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Document identity
localId
5322
label
Casket of assembled plaques
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
5322
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Casket of assembled plaques
description
This casket appears to be have been assembled from various unrelated, solid cast plaques with both mythological and christian subjects. the assemblage may have taken place in the 1800s when there was a growing market for such personal items from the Renaissance.
provenance
Raoul Heilbronner, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase, Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1500-1550 (later assemblage) (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
caskets (personal gear)
inkstand
imageCount
4
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4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14
height
23.8
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 5 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (14 x 23.8 cm)
Source extras
med
Yellow bronze/blacklacquer/brown patina
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2199
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none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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fd186fec692f8487
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no
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no
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4
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photo
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no
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no