Bronze mirror
Two-horse chariot driven by a woman
Most Praenestine mirrors have a distinctive pear-shaped disc, unlike the circular discs of mirrors produced in Etruria. In this example, a product of the same workshops that made the cistae in this case, the female figure driving a chariot is probably Thesan (Greek: Eos), the Etruscan goddess of the dawn.
Most Praenestine mirrors have a distinctive pear-shaped disc, unlike the circular discs of mirrors produced in Etruria. In this example, a product of the same workshops that made the cistae in this case, the female figure driving a chariot is probably Thesan (Greek: Eos), the Etruscan goddess of the dawn.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bronze mirror
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: ca. 330–300 BCE
- Culture: Praenestine
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Other: 7 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. (18.1 x 34.3 cm)
- Classification: Bronzes
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.160.406
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Praenestine
late 4th century BCE
Praenestine
ca. 400–350 BCE
Praenestine
late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Praenestine
ca. 325–300 BCE
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