id: 96304
accession number: 1916.2012
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Mirror with Engraved Scene: Two Female Figures, 330–300 BC. Italy, Etruscan, 4th century BC. Bronze; overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1916.2012
title: Mirror with Engraved Scene: Two Female Figures
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creation date: 330–300 BC
creation date earliest: -330
creation date latest: -300
current location: 102D Pre-Roman
creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture: Italy, Etruscan, 4th century BC
technique: bronze
department: Greek and Roman Art
collection: GR - Etruscan
type: Metalwork
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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fun fact:
The piriform shape of this mirror suggests that it was produced in Praeneste (modern Palestrina).
digital description:
Cast in one piece, this bronze mirror features a handle terminating in a stylized deer head. The front side of the disc, once highly polished and reflective, would have served as a mirror, while the reverse—now on display—features an engraved figural scene. Best observed with the aid of a line drawing, this shows two standing women, both draped and looking at one another. Without inscriptions, their identities remain uncertain, but the crescent overhead and the upright spear held by the righthand figure suggest that they may be the goddesses Artumes (Artemis) and Menerfa (Athena).
wall description:
The incised scene shows two standing women, perhaps the goddesses Artemis and Athena.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
De Puma, Richard Daniel. "A Fourth Century Praenestine Mirror with Telephos and Orestes." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts Roemische Abteilung 87 (1980): 5-28.
page number: Mentioned, illustrated (Disc section) pp. 25-27.
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De Puma, Richard Daniel. "A Fourth Century Praenestine Mirror with Telephos and Orestes." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts Roemische Abteilung 87 (1980): 5-28.
page number: Mentioned, illustrated (Disc section) pp. 25-27.
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De Puma, Richard Daniel. "Greek Myths on Three Etruscan Mirrors in Cleveland." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 7 (1983): 290-302.
page number: Discussed pp. 295-296, figs. 13-15.
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159824
De Puma, Richard Daniel. "Greek Myths on Three Etruscan Mirrors in Cleveland." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 7 (1983): 290-302.
page number: Discussed pp. 295-296, figs. 13-15.
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159824
De Puma, Richard Daniel. Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum, U.S.A. volume 1: Midwestern Collections. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1987.
page number: p. 27, Figs. 13a-d (cat. 13).
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De Puma, Richard Daniel. Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum, U.S.A. volume 1: Midwestern Collections. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1987.
page number: p. 27, Figs. 13a-d (cat. 13).
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