Detail View: The AMICA Library: Intaglio of a venator fighting a lion
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.41.160.710
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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Although many carved gems carried portraits, others depicted popular scenes from life, such as the venator pitted against a rearing lion in this intaglio. Like gladiators, their more famous counterparts, most venatores were prisoners of war, condemned criminals, or slaves. Animal hunts took place either in the circus or the amphitheater, and they were usually staged in the morning before the main show of the games?the gladiatorial combats or the chariot races.
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Roman
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Roman
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Title:
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Intaglio of a venator fighting a lion
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View:
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Principal view
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Creation Date:
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1st century A.D.
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Creation Start Date:
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1
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Creation End Date:
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99
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Materials and Techniques:
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Carnelian
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Style or Period:
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Late Augustan to Flavian
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Dimensions:
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H. 5/8 in. (1.5 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York
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ID Number:
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41.160.710
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
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Copyright:
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.h1_41.160.710.tif
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