Mirror cover with leg of a standing man, seated woman (Aphrodite?) partly clothed in a cloak, and an attendant wearing a cloak
Datefirst half of the 4th century BCE
Periodmid-Classical
Object GeographyGreece
CultureGreek
MediumCopper alloy (repoussé)
ClassificationMetalwork
ProvenancePurchased by John Marshall from Edward Perry Warren for the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1919; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), April 21, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.2266
The mirror was an object associated with the goddess Aphrodite (Roman Venus). On this mirror cover, it may be Aphrodite who is depicted, or a woman whose pose recalls the beauty of Aphrodite. In Greek art mirrors often appear in scenes of women with their attendants.
On View
Not on viewWeight: 0.1 pound (54.44 gm)
Height: 4 3/16 in. (10.63 cm)
Width: 4 1/16 in. (10.28 cm)
Thickness 11/16 in. (1.75 cm)
Metal sheet
Thickness: 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
Seated woman
Height: 3 1/8 in. (7.95 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
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Inclusions
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3rd century BCE–1st century CE
mid-6th century BCE
late 7th–early 6th century BCE
5th century BCE
