Hippocamp (Sea Horse)
In antiquity, hippocamps, or sea horses, mythical creatures that were half horse and half fish, were represented drawing the chariot of Neptune, Roman god of the sea. Renaissance artists in the territory of Venice, which trumpeted itself as ruler of the seas, delighted in repr...
Artifact
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id
79132
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.465_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.465_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.465_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.465B |
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Medium
bronze, marble base
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