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Source Description
The image on this intaglio shows janiform heads of a boar, in profile to the right, and a man, in profile to the left. A Greek inscription below includes the letters ΘΙΕ.
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Document identity
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898
label
Intaglio with Janiform Heads of a Boar and a Man Set in a Mount
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4
Source metadata
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898
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title
Intaglio with Janiform Heads of a Boar and a Man Set in a Mount
description
The image on this intaglio shows janiform heads of a boar, in profile to the right, and a man, in profile to the left. A Greek inscription below includes the letters ΘΙΕ.
provenance
George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, by 1817, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Marlborough no. 666]; 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. 104, lot 666; 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. 114, lot 666; 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
1st century BCE-1st century CE (Late Hellenistic-early Roman Imperial)
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en
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rings
intaglio
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4
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
Source extras
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Greco-Roman
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jasper; mount: gold
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6191
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none
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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131b28fc42796307
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photo
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510d2718afece661
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no
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photo
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no
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no
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4
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photo
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no