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Source Description
One priestess is seated on a bench, her upper body sharply twisted to the left, as she plays a large lyre resting on the bench. The other stands in the right background, grasping a coiled serpent with open jaws. A large buckler rests on the ground in front.The source of the design may possibly have been a drawing or a painting inspired by a Roman mural rediscovered in the "grotte" of Rome.
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Document identity
localId
32963
label
Two Priestesses of Apollo
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
32963
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object
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normalized
title
Two Priestesses of Apollo
description
One priestess is seated on a bench, her upper body sharply twisted to the left, as she plays a large lyre resting on the bench. The other stands in the right background, grasping a coiled serpent with open jaws. A large buckler rests on the ground in front.The source of the design may possibly have been a drawing or a painting inspired by a Roman mural rediscovered in the "grotte" of Rome.
provenance
Sale, Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, April 21, 1902 (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1540-1550 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Enamels
plaques
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1
pageCount
1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.2
height
3.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 5/8 x W: 1 5/16 in. (4.2 x 3.3 cm)
Source extras
med
painted enamels on copper
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3095
collection_ids
REN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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2bac150607b6db3c