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Source Description
A collector of the time would have greatly appreciated the carver's virtuosity in joining the individual pieces of ivory to create an intricate composition on a relatively large scale, defying ivory's natural limits. By making the edges of the plaques of ivory coincide with the outlines of the figures, the artist ingeniously creates the illusion of continuity.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
462
label
Deposition of Christ
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
462
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Deposition of Christ
description
A collector of the time would have greatly appreciated the carver's virtuosity in joining the individual pieces of ivory to create an intricate composition on a relatively large scale, defying ivory's natural limits. By making the edges of the plaques of ivory coincide with the outlines of the figures, the artist ingeniously creates the illusion of continuity.
provenance
Tiffany & Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1670-1680 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
reliefs
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
46
height
34.5
dimensionsRaw
18 1/8 x 13 9/16 in. (46 x 34.5 cm)
Source extras
med
ivory
creator_ids
4206
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
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