Portrait of the Emperor Vitellius
In the well of the circular plate is painted the bust portrait of the Roman Emperor Vitellius in left profile, copied from an engraving (which itself was derived from a sculpture, rather than from a numismatic type). Possibly the inscription was an afterthought, because it is...
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2979
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Charles Mannheim Collection [catalogue by E. Molinier, no. 168, attributed to Jean Pénicaud II]; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York, no. 985; Arnold Seligmann, Rey & 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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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_44.166_Fnt_BW_H65.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_44.166_Fnt_BW_H65.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_44.166_Fnt_BW_H65.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.166 |
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Medium
painted enamels on copper
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