The Christ Child as Good Shepherd
This ivory carving was produced in the Portuguese colony of Goa, on India’s western coast, where such sculptures were made for export and for Catholic missionaries in India. Aware of Mughal interest, Jesuits might have brought similar sculptures to the court. Jesus was regarde...
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Artifact
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id
8897
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902; 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
7
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_71.324_Fnt_TR_C82II.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_71.324_Fnt_TR_C82II.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_71.324_Fnt_TR_C82II.jpg |
| imageCount | 7 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.324 |
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Medium
ivory