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Source Description
Later mounted as a ring with gold and enamel.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
13949
label
Intaglio Portrait of Faustina the Younger, Wife of Marcus Aurelius
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
13949
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Intaglio Portrait of Faustina the Younger, Wife of Marcus Aurelius
description
Later mounted as a ring with gold and enamel.
provenance
John Stanhope, London, by 1748 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, London, 1748, by bequest; William Ponsonby, second Earl of Bessborough, Parkstead House, London, by 1754, by purchase [Bessborough no. 20 C]; George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, ca. 1765, by purchase [Marlborough no. 472]; George Spencer-Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1817, by bequest; George Spencer-Churchill, sixth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1840, by bequest; John Spencer-Churchill, seventh Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 1857, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 June 1875, p. 73, lot 472; David Bromilow, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, ca. 1875, by purchase; Julia Bromilow Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, 1898, by bequest; Sale, The Marlborough Gems Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, esq., Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26 June 1899, p. 82, lot 472; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1899, by purchase [Dikran Kelekian as agent]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by bequest; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
date
ca. 1500-1550 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
intaglios (sculptural objects)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2
height
1.3
depth
2.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 13/16 × W: 1/2 × D: 7/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 2.3 cm)
Source extras
med
carnelian
creator_ids
33562
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REN
exhibition_ids
2054
2513
2704
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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a212cc3351feb490
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no
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no
seq
2
type
photo
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b2871c008162c421
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no
hasDescription
no