Intaglio with a Comic Mask Set in a Ring

18th century

1.1 cm 1.7 cm

Citation

This intaglio depicts a comic mask viewed in three-quarters perspective. It bears the inscription KVINTIL (Quintilius) in small letters near the vertical edge.

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William Ponsonby, second Earl of Bessborough, Parkstead House, Roehampton, by 1761, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Bessborough no. 39]; George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, by ca. 1765, by purchase [Marlborough no. 651]; 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. 102, lot 651; 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. 113, lot 651; Charles Newton-Robinson, London, 1899, by purchase; Sale, The Collection of Engraved Gems, Camei, and Intagli Formed by Charles Newton-Robinson, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, p. 24, lot 88 [illust.]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase [Dikran Kelekian as agent]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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