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The second volume of Mariette’s treatise catalogued the royal French collection of carved gems.

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Document identity
localId
95426
label
Traité des pierres gravées - volume 2
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obj
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object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
95426
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Traité des pierres gravées - volume 2
description
The second volume of Mariette’s treatise catalogued the royal French collection of carved gems.
provenance
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1750
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
rare books
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
31.9
height
21.7
dimensionsRaw
Binding H: 12 9/16 × W: 8 9/16 in. (31.9 × 21.7 cm); Cradle open: 5 1/8 × 15 3/4 × 12 9/16 in. (13 × 40 × 31.9 cm)
Source extras
med
ink on paper
creator_ids
31364
collection_ids
MSS
EAN
exhibition_ids
3390
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
url
https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_92.492.2_FpPl35-36_DD_tms crop.jpg
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27d81ff97f62dbcf