Brooch with Cameo of Spring after a relief by William Henry Rinehart, The Walters Art Museum

Brooch with Cameo of Spring after a relief by William Henry Rinehart

This personification of spring is based on marble relief carved by William H. Rinehart in about 1855. A version of this relief carved in 1874 can be found in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (1985.350). William T. Walters commissioned at least three of these cameos.

Venetian, William Henry Rinehart

Creation Date: ca. 1862
Creation Place: Roma
Types: Objects: Metals
broaches (jewelry)
cameos
Medium: shell, gold
Materials: bone
gold
shell

Dimensions: Overall
Width: 5.4
Depth: 1.9
Height: 6.4

Object #: 57.854
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters

Partner URL: http://art.thewalters.org/detail/720
Linked Data URI: wam:object/720
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