Intaglio with Oedipus and Iocasta at the Sphinx

3rd century (Roman Imperial)

1.2 cm 1.6 cm

Citation

This intaglio depicts Oedipus and Iocasta, his mother and later wife, before the Sphinx, which looks down at them from atop a pedestal.

Artifact

id	id 12393
contentType	contentType object
stage	stage normalized
provenance	provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri	rightsUri CC0
language	language en
pageCount	pageCount 0
source	source import

Source image fields (2)

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sourceUrl	https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.456

Culture

Roman

Medium

red jasper; mount: silver

Genre

intaglios (sculptural objects)

createdBy

Roman