Casket with Scenes of Ancient Lion Hunts
Such caskets for storing personal items and treasures were often decorated with romantic scenes from ancient mythology or an imagined past. The subject of the lion hunt was found on Roman sarcophagi but made accessible for artists through Renaissance prints. Reymond must hav...
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[possibly from the Rattier and Beurdeley Collections]; Charles Mannheim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [catalogue by E. Molinier, p. 29, no. 180]; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York, no. 765; Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1919, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.135 |
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