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Source Description
An artist working on this small scale needs dexterity to keep the details of a crowded battlefield crisp. A cameo of the same battle (described in Exodus 17), monogrammed HSR by the same talented but otherwise unidentified master, is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and was in the Habsburg imperial collections by the early 1600s.
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Document identity
localId
36452
label
Cameo with Battle of the Israelites and the Amalekites
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obj
dtoType
object
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1
Source metadata
id
36452
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Cameo with Battle of the Israelites and the Amalekites
description
An artist working on this small scale needs dexterity to keep the details of a crowded battlefield crisp. A cameo of the same battle (described in Exodus 17), monogrammed HSR by the same talented but otherwise unidentified master, is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and was in the Habsburg imperial collections by the early 1600s.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
date
ca. 1550-1575 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
cameos
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4
height
5.3
dimensionsRaw
1 9/16 x 2 1/16 in. (4 x 5.3 cm)
Source extras
med
carved shell
creator_ids
3635
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
1994
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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859f88ed0db33583