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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.1129
Title
Fragment of a Mirror Handle depicting Hermes
Classification
Mirrors
Work Type
mirror handle
Date
c. 400 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium, Praeneste (Latium)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Etruscan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287266

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Animal bone
Dimensions
actual: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Professor Nelson Goodman, Weston, MA (by 1966-1995), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Nelson Goodman
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.1129
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Luann Abrahams, "Etruscan Mirror Handle", Persephone (Summer-Fall 1997), Vol. 3, No. 1, 78-79

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/18/2018 - 11/15/2018

Verification Level

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