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Source Description
This ring, with an exceptionally fine cameo of the Roman god Jupiter, came from the famous collection assembled by the fourth Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817) who lived at Blenheim Palace in England. The Marlborough gem collection, of around 800 pieces, was the largest in Britain and considered the greatest collection anywhere in private hands at that time. Ninety-two of these gems are now in the Walters Art Museum, including this one.
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Document identity
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16907
label
Ring with Cameo of the Head of Jupiter
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title
Ring with Cameo of the Head of Jupiter
description
This ring, with an exceptionally fine cameo of the Roman god Jupiter, came from the famous collection assembled by the fourth Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817) who lived at Blenheim Palace in England. The Marlborough gem collection, of around 800 pieces, was the largest in Britain and considered the greatest collection anywhere in private hands at that time. Ninety-two of these gems are now in the Walters Art Museum, including this one.
provenance
George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, by 1817, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Marlborough no. 14]; 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. 3, lot 14; 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. 3, lot 14; 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
18th century
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en
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Precious Stones & Gems
cameos
finger rings
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1
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import
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cm
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2.6
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1.8
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1 x 11/16 in. (2.6 x 1.8 cm)
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sardonyx, gold
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6200
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2054
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