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Source Description
The cameo is carved in relief and has a later gold mount.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
30670
label
Cameo Portrait of a Wreathed Lady
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
30670
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Cameo Portrait of a Wreathed Lady
description
The cameo is carved in relief and has a later gold mount.
provenance
Thomas Howard, fourteenth/twenty-first Earl of Arundel, Arundel House, London, 1638, by purchase [William Petty as agent] [Arundel Collection B, no. 30, as “Semiramis”]; Aletheia Talbot Howard, Arundel House, London, 1646, by bequest; Henry Frederick Howard, fifteenth/twenty-second Earl of Arundel, Arundel House, London, by 1652, by gift; Henry Howard, sixth Duke of Norfolk, Arundel House, London, 1652, by bequest; Jane Bickerton Howard, Arundel House, London, 1684, by bequest; Henry Mordaunt, second Earl of Peterborough, by 1690, by purchase; Mary Mordant, Drayton House, Northamptonshire, 1697, by bequest; John Germain, Drayton House, Northamptonshire, 1705, by bequest; Elizabeth Germain, Knole House, Kent, 1718, by bequest; Mary Beauclerk Spencer, 1762, by gift; George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, ca. 1765, by gift [Marlborough no. 121]; George Spencer-Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1817, by bequest; George Spencer-Churchill, sixth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1840, by bequest; John Spencer-Churchill, seventh Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1857, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 June 1875, p. 18, lot 121 [as “Venus”]; David Bromilow, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, ca. 1875, by purchase; Julia Bromilow Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, 1898, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, esq., Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26 June 1899, p. 20, lot 121; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1899, by purchase [Dikran Kelekian as agent]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by bequest; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
date
1550-1600 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
cameos
pendants
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1
pageCount
1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3
height
2.1
depth
1
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 3/16 × W: 13/16 × D: 3/8 in. (3 × 2.1 × 1 cm)
Source extras
med
onyx; gold mount
creator_ids
33562
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
2513
Single page context
seq
1
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0
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photo
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