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Scaraboid Intaglio with a Griffin
(Ancient Greece )
This scaraboid intaglio bears an image of a griffin in profile to the 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.
Evans [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1905 catalogue, plate 2.25]; Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 2009 | Things With Wings: Mythological Figures in Ancient Greek Art. Ward Museum, Salisbury. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 12/22/1960 | Treatment | other |
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1942
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
42.865