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Plate with Sol in His Chariot
(Renaissance Europe )
The Roman sun-god Sol drives a chariot drawn by two winged horses through a dark sky studded with gold stars. The plate is from a series decorated with mythological representations of the planets. The composition is based on an engraving of 1542 by Aeneas Vico (1523-67), but De Court shows his own subtle sense of design in the strapwork (the pattern that looks like interwoven straps) around the edge.
Provenance
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Sale, London, March 5, 1855, no. 1477; Ralph Bernal, London, 1855, by purchase; Octavius E. Coope, Brentwood, Essex, by purchase; Sale, London, Christie's, March 3, 1910, no. 45; Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
9 1/16 in. (23 cm) (diam.)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
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.
44.467