Plate with a Gorgoneion
Rendered in black pigment at the center of this yellow clay plate is the severed head of the gorgon Medusa, a motif referred to as the gorgoneion, with her large staring eyes, grimacing mouth, thick protruding tongue, and six hissing snakes emerging from her hair. She is enci...
Artifact
| id |
id
31014
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
object
|
| stage |
stage
normalized
|
| provenance |
provenance
Moise Emmanuelides, Athens [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1927, by purchase [inv. no. P4326]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
|
| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
|
| language |
language
en
|
| pageCount |
pageCount
1
|
| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.215_Fnt_TR_T94II.jpg |
|---|---|
| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.215_Fnt_TR_T94II.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.215_Fnt_TR_T94II.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.215 |
Terms
Relations
createdBy
inCollection