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Source Description
This pair of "ajouré," or openwork-carved screens demonstrate the extraordinary technical skills of the ivory cutter. Represented on the pair are two scenes from classical mythology, Dionysus and Ariadne on the island of Naxos, and Leda and the Swan.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
77452
label
Pair of Candle Shades with Dionysus and Ariadne and Leda and the Swan
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.94 (71.343, 71.344)
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
77452
sourceUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.94 (71.343, 71.344)
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Pair of Candle Shades with Dionysus and Ariadne and Leda and the Swan
description
This pair of "ajouré," or openwork-carved screens demonstrate the extraordinary technical skills of the ivory cutter. Represented on the pair are two scenes from classical mythology, Dionysus and Ariadne on the island of Naxos, and Leda and the Swan.
provenance
Philippe Sichel, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1898, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th century
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.94 (71.343, 71.344)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
screens (furniture)
ivories
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
71.343: 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm);71.344: 7 15/16 in. (20.2 cm)
Source extras
med
ivory
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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448a6890b1c8a0b8