Facade Relief with Two Birds
Originally painted in bright colors, many such reliefs graced the façades of the residences of wealthy Venetians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Their round shape probably continues an earlier tradition of decorating outside walls with inset ceramic plates. The marble of which...
Sculpture
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id
26901
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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| style |
style
Romanesque
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_27.248_Top_DD_T06.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_27.248_Top_DD_T06.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_27.248_Top_DD_T06.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.248 |