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A Roman Sacrifice
(Renaissance Europe )
Ten persons and a child are gathered around the flame burning on a round altar. They are in front of a temple, with the strange ornament of a profile head in a circular frame set as an "imago clipeata," in the pediment. Above on the left is a flying Victory.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1900 | Exposition Universelle. Paris. |
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
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.
44.147