Relief with Winged Genius (Apkallu)
This relief decorated the interior wall of the northwest palace of King Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud, which is situated in present-day Iraq. This relief originally stood on one side of a doorway into a reception hall. With his right hand, the apkallu (or benevolent spirit) uses...
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32526
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sculpture
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normalized
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[Excavated, Nimrud, Iraq, 1846, Room G, no. 18]; Haas Bing, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1921, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N562]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| style |
style
Assyrian
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_21.8_Fnt_DD_T06.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_21.8_Fnt_DD_T06.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_21.8_Fnt_DD_T06.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/21.8 |
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