Pair of Spoons with Jupiter and a Personification of Perspective
1600-1619 (Baroque)
painted enamel on copper, silver, ebony
(Baroque Europe )
(Baroque Europe )
The featured figures are based on a series of engravings of designs for ornaments after the French artist Étienne Delaune (1518-1583).
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
7 1/16 x 1 3/4 in. (18 x 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
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.
VO.10 (44.54, 44.55)