Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "7178",
    "label": "Portrait of a Lady",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.305"
}

{
    "id": "7178",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.305",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Portrait of a Lady",
    "description": "Boxwood has a fine texture that allows delicate undercutting, as in the lady's right hand, holding the flower. Turning a portrait into an intricate work of art honors the person portrayed. This type of carving was a specialty of German artists, but the signature on the side sounds like an Italian name: C. ZORZI RUINA F. (fecit = made this). \"Zorzi\" is Venetian dialect for \"Giorgio.\" Perhaps this otherwise unknown artist was a German who settled in Venice to take advantage of the wealthy clientele there.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. Breckenridge Long, Laurel, Maryland; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1959, by bequest.",
    "date": "1670-1679",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.305",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "carvings",
        "portrait"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_61.305_Fnt_BW_T86.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_61.305_Fnt_BW_T86.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_61.305_Fnt_BW_T86.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.8,
            "height": 7.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 7/8 x 3 in. (9.8 x 7.6 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "boxwood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15295"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1994"
    ]
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_61.305_Fnt_BW_T86.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9c269039d735f9ca"
}