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Source Description
This plaque is one of four which were the ends of the lids of two caskets decorated with allegorical children's games.Here, a nude boy holding a triangle lunges toward a disarmed and disconsolate Cupid, seated on the ground and resting his arm on a socle.
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Document identity
localId
21173
label
Children Playing
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
21173
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Children Playing
description
This plaque is one of four which were the ends of the lids of two caskets decorated with allegorical children's games.Here, a nude boy holding a triangle lunges toward a disarmed and disconsolate Cupid, seated on the ground and resting his arm on a socle.
provenance
Raoul Heilbronner, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd quarter 16th century (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.4
height
14.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 5/16 x W: 5 13/16 in. (8.4 x 14.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] VIVE IEVNESSE
RelatedObjects
18461
28442
4822
med
painted enamels on copper
creator_ids
3084
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
mediaId
7181393bf29ce20e