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| Keywords: Giacinto Melillo - Egyptian-Style Necklace with Scarabs - Walters 571530 - Detail A.jpg 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 late 19th-early 20th century gold steatite lapis lazuli cm 36 83 accession number 57 1530 4539 Henry Walters Baltimore 1903 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1903 Inscribed on clasp G Melillo/Napoli 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 Naples Italy PD-old-auto 1915 Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Giacinto Melillo Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
