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| Keywords: Italian - Ring with Perseus - Walters 421220.jpg This ring copies a well-known ancient depiction of the hero Perseus shown in his moment of triumph over Medusa one of the Gorgons whose gaze turned onlookers into stone Perseus holds his sword in his right hand while raising Medusa's head high with his left The technique- gold relief on an iron background- was used as an alternative to intaglios in the later 18th century late Other date century 18 gold iron cm 1 2 1 8 ; beze cm 2 1 accession number 42 1220 15820 Collection of the Duke of Marlborough cat no 184 Henry Walters New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York 1931 by inheritance Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1942 Walters Art Museum 1942 by purchase Museum purchase formerly part of the Walters Collection 1942 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Perseus in sculpture | ||||
