Bronze mirror

Unknown

ca. 330–300 BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

Two-horse chariot driven by a woman Most Praenestine mirrors have a distinctive pear-shaped disc, unlike the circular discs of mirrors produced in Etruria. In this example, a product of the same workshops that made the cistae in this case, the female figure driving a chariot is probably Thesan (Greek: Eos), the Etruscan goddess of the dawn.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 330–300 BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Praenestine

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941