Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Theseus battles a centaur 1
- Title:
- Theseus battles a centaur 1
- Collection:
- Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
- Date:
- 19th century
- Site:
- The original is in the office of the Chev. Vettori at Rome
- Location:
- The original is in the office of the Chev. Vettori at Rome
- ID Number:
- GI_12_057
- Accession Number:
- 12_3_0078
- Winckelmann No.:
- 78
- File Name:
- GI_12_057.jpg
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- casts (sculpture)
paste (glass)
- Subject:
- Theseus, King of Athens
Centaurs
- Description:
- Theseus battles a centaur who has front legs like those of a human. The helmet on the centaur's head and the shield at Theseus' feet help to determine the subject.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- 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.
