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Intaglio with the Hora (Personification) of Summer
late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE (Early Roman Imperial)
glass, gold mount
(Roman Empire )
(Roman Empire )
This intaglio depicts the Hora (personification of a season) of summer walking to the right. She holds a wreath in her left hand and wheat in her right.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Arthur Evans, Oxford, by 1938 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Evans inv. no. 139; said to be from Rome]; Jacob Hirsch, Munich, 1941 [executor of Evans' will]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
Measurements
with mount: 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in. (4.1 x 2.9 x 0.6 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1942
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.1341