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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1700 - circa 1800; Classification(s): engraved gems, ringstone, intaglio cutting; Acquisition: bequeathed by Shannon, Charles [CG 728]
Description: The wounded hero. Tydeus, his shield still strapped to his arm, bending forward trying to extract an arrow from his shin. He is naked and bends forward to the right. Inscription is the Etruscan equivalent of Tydeus. Hatched border. Mount: open-backed gold swivel-ring. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | engraved gems Unknown ringstone | Temporal: | name=Eighteenth century; start=1700; end=1800 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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