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Mortar with Hygeia

Ambrogio Lucenti (Italian, died 1656) (Artist)
1654 (Baroque)
cast bronze with natural patina
(Baroque Europe )

On the front of this mortar is a relief of the seated goddess Hygeia, on the back are the shields of the Pamphili and Aldobrandini families. The handles are cast as eagles with outspread wings, one is wreathed with a cord and holds a pendant medallion.

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[Transcription] around upper part: ASPICE QUID STABILIS POSSIT CONCORDIA RERUM QUE SOCIATA IVVANAT DISSOCIATA NOCEAT 1654; in the medallion of one handle: INNOCENTI X. PONT MAX.; on base: AMBROSIO LUCENTI ROM FCA OPUS

Provenance
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, no. 302; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
11/1/1958 Treatment cleaned
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Geographies

Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 13 3/4 × Diam: 16 9/16 in. (35 × 42 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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54.656

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