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Source Description
The case of the watch is enameled and painted with a scene of the Greek hero Perseus rescuing the beautiful maiden Andromeda, who was about to be sacrificed by her father to a sea monster.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
24882
label
Watch with Perseus and Andromeda
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
24882
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Watch with Perseus and Andromeda
description
The case of the watch is enameled and painted with a scene of the Greek hero Perseus rescuing the beautiful maiden Andromeda, who was about to be sacrificed by her father to a sea monster.
provenance
Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] [on 1893 list, no. 73]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1775
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
watches
watchcases
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] On movement: Baillon à Paris
med
copper, enamel, paint
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6290
15442
6211
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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2ece2f3213fd1353