Watch with Scenes of Europa and the Bull and a Satyr and Sleeping Nymph
In the 1600s watches with painted enamel covers that depicted either religious or well-known amorous stories from antiquity were popular as much for personal ornamentation as for telling time.
Artifact
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id
23948
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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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/PL2_58.127_Fnt_NG_1108.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.127_Fnt_NG_1108.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.127_Fnt_NG_1108.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.127 |
Terms
Medium
gold and enamels
Genre
watches