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Egyptian-Style Necklace with Scarabs
late 19th-early 20th century
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Archaeological jewelry decorated with ancient and modern scarabs was popular in Europe during the second half of the 19th century. The Castellani workshop was famous for its copies of ancient jewelry, and this necklace has been attributed Giacinto Melillo, one of Alessandro Castellani's apprentices and protégés (this necklace bears his mark on the clasp). He later took over Castellani's workshop in Naples, which Henry Walters visited in 1903.
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- Title: Egyptian-Style Necklace with Scarabs
- Creator: Giacinto Melillo (Italian, 1846-1915) (?)
- Date Created: late 19th-early 20th century
- Subject Keywords: scarab; Egyptian; ancient
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Giacinto Melillo (Italian, 1846-1915) (?)
- Provenance: Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: necklaces
- Medium: gold, steatite, lapis lazuli
- Inscriptions: Inscribed on clasp: G. Melillo/Napoli
- Geography: Place of Origin: Napoli, Death Location: Paris
- Exhibitions: 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., 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., Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry. El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso. 2010., Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980., Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987.
- Dimensions: L: 14 1/2 in. (36.83 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
- Classification: Gold, Silver & Jewelry
- Accession Number: 57.153
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