File:MET bronze mirror with Esplace Prumathe Menrva Hercle drawing.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(2,000 × 2,050 pixels, file size: 916 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

Etruscan bronze mirror in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
All the figures are identified by inscriptions engraved on the rim. They read, from left to right, Esplace (Asclepius), Prumathe (Prometheus), Menrva (Minerva), and Hercle (Hercules). This is one of only three preserved depictions of the story of Prometheus Unbound in Etruscan art. In addition, it is the only certain depiction of Asclepius, the god of healing, in Etruscan art.

Dimensions: Height 11 in. (27.9 cm); Diameter 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm)
Date 3rd century BC
date QS:P,-250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source https://core.tdar.org/document/376845/an-archive-of-images-of-etruscan-mythology
Author Unknown authorUnknown author
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current09:30, 9 January 2021Thumbnail for version as of 09:30, 9 January 20212,000 × 2,050 (916 KB)Waterborough (talk | contribs){{Information |description=Etruscan bronze mirror in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).<br> All the figures are identified by inscriptions engraved on the rim. They read, from left to right, Esplace (Asclepius), Prumathe (Prometheus), Menrva (Minerva), and Hercle (Hercules). This is one of only three preserved depictions of the story of Prometheus Unbound in Etruscan art. In addition, it is the only certain depiction of Asclepius, the god of healing, in Etruscan art.<br> Dimensions: H...

The following page uses this file: