Flask for Priming Power with the Justice of Trajan
The fine relief represents the emperor Trajan (AD 98-117), setting out on horseback from Rome, who is approached by a poor widow who calls out, "To Trajan I appeal for justice!" Her only son had been murdered, and she was unable to obtain justice. Having established the trut...
Images (2)
Artifact
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15217
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contentType
object
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Freiherr Adalbert von Lanna (1867-1909), Prague; von Lanna Sale, Berlin, 1909 [part II (?)]; Miller von Aicholz, Vienna [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Castiglione, Vienna [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Sale, Amsterdam, 1925; S. J. Whawell, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Sotheby's, London, May 3-6, 1927, lot 295; Henri Daguerre, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
2
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.1334_Fnt_DD_T09.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.1334_Fnt_DD_T09.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.1334_Fnt_DD_T09.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1334 |
Terms
Medium
gilded copper alloy