COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1985.1042
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AIC_.1985.1042
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Roman
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European; Southern European; Roman
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Roman Republic and Empire
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Roman Republic and Empire
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Roman
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Roman
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Hand Mirror
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Hand Mirror
Title
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Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
front view
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front view
View
false
Creation Date:
Imperial Period, 2nd century A.D.
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Imperial Period, 2nd century A.D.
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
100
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100
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
200
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200
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Gilded bronze
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Gilded bronze
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Metalwork
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Metalwork
Classification Term
false
Subject Description:
Artemis (the Roman Diana), or a Roman lady with divine fantasies, after her bath in a rustic, woodland setting, is the subject of the tondo in relief on the back of this Roman hand mirror. Her cloak is draped over the rocks on which she sits, and she holds the end wrapped around a small hand mirror in her raised left hand, a divine celebration of the uses of the mirror in a Roman household. The landscape in front of her, to the right, recalls the paintings and reliefs from houses around the Bay of Naplesbefore the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The quiver of the goddess leans against the base of a garlanded altar with a small herm on top. A second terminal figure, Priapis, the god of gardens and fertility, tilts back while facing to the right onthe ledge at the right. The bovine skull in the right foreground suggests the sacrifice after a successful hunt.
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Artemis (the Roman Diana), or a Roman lady with divine fantasies, after her bath in a rustic, woodland setting, is the subject of the tondo in relief on the back of this Roman hand mirror. Her cloak is draped over the rocks on which she sits, and she holds the end wrapped around a small hand mirror in her raised left hand, a divine celebration of the uses of the mirror in a Roman household. The landscape in front of her, to the right, recalls the paintings and reliefs from houses around the Bay of Naplesbefore the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The quiver of the goddess leans against the base of a garlanded altar with a small herm on top. A second terminal figure, Priapis, the god of gardens and fertility, tilts back while facing to the right onthe ledge at the right. The bovine skull in the right foreground suggests the sacrifice after a successful hunt.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
Early Western World,Roman Republic and Empire
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Early Western World,Roman Republic and Empire
Creation Place
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Dimensions:
Diam.: 11.8 cm (4-11/16 in.)
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Diam.: 11.8 cm (4-11/16 in.)
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1985.1042
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1985.1042
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. James W. Alsdorf
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. James W. Alsdorf
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E10082.TIF
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AIC_.E10082.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false