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| Keywords: Italian - Jewel Box - Walters 6514 - Three Quarter.jpg This wooden casket has been finely decorated using the Italian style of carved and gilded pastigilia that was popular during the later 15th century It involves creating a paste of lead powder and egg white that could be applied to the wood and then stamped molded and either left white or gilded Such boxes were usually small and were often presented to women as gifts to be used for jewels or other small items This one is decorated with scenes meant to suggest Roman reliefs as the fantastical figures were much in vogue then due to the recent discovery of Roman wall paintings with such figures A delicate casket like this could be passed down from mother to daughter as a precious inheritance between 1475 1525 Renaissance gesso gilt wood cm 14 8 27 accession number 65 14 25770 F Ongania Venice date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
