Plaque with Acrobats
While the subject of this unique plaque is acrobats, its larger theme is the physical and mental agility that underlies the goal of virtuosity so important to artists and patrons of this period. Acrobatics permit the display of masculine agility and strength for their own sake...
Artifact
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3771
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object
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Cambry [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry T. Hope [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Pelham-Clinton, seventh Duke of Newcastle [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, London, July 7, 1921, lot 117; F. Leverton Harris of Camilla Lacey, Surrey [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, London, July 7, 1928, lot 38; Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
1
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import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_44.189_Fnt_TR.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_44.189_Fnt_TR.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_44.189_Fnt_TR.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.189 |
Terms
Medium
painted enamel on copper
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