Casket of assembled plaques
This casket appears to be have been assembled from various unrelated, solid cast plaques with both mythological and christian subjects. the assemblage may have taken place in the 1800s when there was a growing market for such personal items from the Renaissance.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Raoul Heilbronner, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase, Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
11/1/1958 | Treatment | cleaned |
1/9/1967 | Treatment | cleaned |
6/22/1977 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Italy, Padua (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 5 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (14 x 23.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
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.
54.34