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Intaglio with Neptune Driving Two Hippocamps Set in a Ring
This intaglio depicts Neptune driving a biga drawn by two hippocamps over the water.
Provenance
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Sir Edgar Boehm, London, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 91; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2015 | Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult, and Daily Life. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 12/22/1960 | Treatment | other |
| 8/1/2012 | Treatment | Cleaned |
| 8/1/2012 | Treatment | An impression of the intaglio was made so the design can be read by the viewer. After making the impression, the surface was cleaned to remove an impression material. The impression will be displayed next to the ring. |
Geographies
Roman Empire (Place of Origin)
Measurements
intaglio with gold setting: 7/16 x 9/16 x 1/8 in. (1.18 x 1.45 x 0.36 cm);
ring: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) (diam.)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
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.
42.120