The Bearded Tree-cutter 1
- Title:
- The Bearded Tree-cutter 1
- Collection:
- Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
- Date:
- 19th century
- ID Number:
- GI_12_002
- Accession Number:
- 12_3_0023
- Winckelmann No.:
- 23
- Berlin Catalog No.:
- 470
- Inventory No.:
- FG 3098
- File Name:
- GI_12_002.jpg
- Stosch Category:
- Category 3 Section 1: Mythical Age
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- casts (sculpture)
carnelian - Subject:
- fables
axe
trees
Erysichthon
Diana - Description:
- A bearded man, a crown on his head, holding in both hands an axe with which he is cutting down a tree. The figure is nude and in the heroic style, which makes Winckelmann believe that it is typical of a fable. He thinks that this may depict Erysichthon who cut down a forest that was dedicated to Diana.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Archival Collection:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Gems Collection (in part the White Collection of Historical Medallions, #8420, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying material, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2013 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Caitlin Barrett and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.