Cameo with a Lion
Onyx is often chosen for cameos because it frequently contains a straight, well-defined vein of white. The subject can be carved from the white vein, and the dark part is then removed from the visual field to create the image. Lions were common subjects for antique cameos. Thi...
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Artifact
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26563
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Collections of Charles Newton-Robinson Sale, Christie's, June 27, 1909, no. 95; Morrison, cat. no. 11; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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2
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.139_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.139_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.139_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.139 |
Terms
Medium
onyx, gold
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