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Watch with Perseus and Andromeda
ca. 1775
copper, enamel, paint
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The case of the watch is enameled and painted with a scene of the Greek hero Perseus rescuing the beautiful maiden Andromeda, who was about to be sacrificed by her father to a sea monster.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] [on 1893 list, no. 73]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1893
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
58.178