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Adonis and Venus
ca. 1760
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
This English watch was likely made for the Dutch market.
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Details
- Title: Adonis and Venus
- Creator: C. Halifax
- Date Created: ca. 1760
- 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: C. Halifax
- Provenance: William T. or, more likely, Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: watches;cases
- Medium: gold, gilt metal, green shagrenn, glass
- Inscriptions: [Inscription] On front dial: HALL LONDON; [Name, location, number] On backplate: C. Hallifax, London, 11918
- 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., Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry. El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso. 2010.
- Dimensions: Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired before 1931
- Classification: Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
- Accession Number: 58.37
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