Intaglio with a Man Holding a Capricorn Set in a Ring

early 5th century BCE (Late Archaic-early Classical) Overall: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) Citation

This intaglio depicts a man, perhaps Herakles, holding a capricorn. A segmented border runs around the edge of the image.

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 25; 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/42.111

Culture

Etruscan

Medium

carnelian; mount: gold

Genre

rings intaglios

createdBy

Etruscan