Intaglio with a Herm of Herakles Set in a Ring

2nd century CE (Roman Imperial) Overall: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm) Citation

A frontal bearded herm, perhaps of the hero Herakles, appears on this intaglio.

Artifact

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provenance	provenance Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 91; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Source image fields (2)

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sourceUrl	https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.119

Culture

Roman

Medium

carnelian; mount: gold

Genre

rings intaglios

createdBy

Roman