Plaquette with the Head of Christ
This is a typical devotional image for private meditation, produced in large numbers and not very expensive. Its value lay in the subject. Depictions of Christ on easily reproducible bronze plaquettes and medals were popular in Renaissance Italy and were widely exported. Inscr...
Artifact
| id |
id
23328
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Elia Volpi, Florence; Sale, Davanzati Palace and Villa Pia Collections, American Art Association, New York, 1916, no. 30; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.68_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.68_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.68_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.68 |
Terms
Medium
bronze