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Intaglio Portrait of Julius Caesar

Italian (Artist)
1525-1600 (Renaissance)
nicolo onyx
(Renaissance Europe , Jewelry)

The lean features of Julius Caesar as an older man were well known from Roman coins and have been deftly rendered here as an intaglio. With a later gold mount.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

William Ponsonby, second Earl of Bessborough, Parkstead House, London, by 1761, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Bessborough no. 19]; George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, ca. 1765, by purchase [Marlborough no. 382]; 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. 62, lot 382; 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. 70, lot 382; 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.

Exhibitions

1984-1987 Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota.
1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1979-1980 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1977-1978 I, Claudius: Art in the Age of Julio-Claudians. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
2/9/1979 Examination examined for condition
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Italy (Place of Origin)

Measurements

1 5/16 x 1 in. (3.4 x 2.6 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1942

Location in Museum

Charles Street: Second Floor: Collector's Study

Accession Number

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42.1083

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
  • Thursday: 1–8 p.m.
  • Monday—Tuesday: Closed

Location

600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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