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Intaglio Fragment with Herakles and Eros Set in a Mount
carnelian
This intaglio fragment shows Herakles bent over in profile to the right, with Eros sitting on his shoulders. The small chi-rho symbol in the field may be a later addition.
Provenance
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.
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.
Arthur Evans, Oxford, by 1938, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Evans inv. no. 220]; Jacob Hirsch, Munich, 1941 [executor of Evans' will]; Mrs. Robert Lauchheimer, Baltimore, 1942, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Measurements
Overall: 3/8 x 9/16 in. (1 x 1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Robert Lauchheimer, 1942
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.
42.1401