Mirror
52-35-3
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 52-35-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Modern |
| Date Made | 1800-1952 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Engraved |
| Iconography | Heracles | Mount Olympus | Hermes | Athena | Aphrodite |
| Description | Engraved with marriage scene; the bride and groom, seated side by side, receive wedding guests - Hermes, Herakles, and two goddesses, probably Athena and Aphrodite. Scene is thought to have been adapted, in modern times, from the Athenian red figure kylix by the Sosias Painter, Berlin 2278, ARV2, no. 1. The exterior scenes show Herakles entering Olympus. See, for an illustration, Pfuhl, MuZ, fig. 418. Also Furtwaengler-Reichhold, pl. 123. Modern. [combination of both descriptions] |
| Length | 44.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 30 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Anonymous Donor, 1952 |
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