Gold Wreath (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The fragile gold leaves suggest that this wreath was intended for a burial rather than for use by the living. The scene embossed on either end shows a winged figure kneeling over the outstretched leg of a second figure. The identity of the figures is uncertain, but the scene may be an Etruscan adaptation of the healing of Philoctetes, an incident in the Trojan War best known from a surviving play by Sophocles.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment, Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund, by exchange & Jack and Mary Ann Frable Fund
3 in 30: New Rotations in the Ancient Art Galleries
21:46Dr. Peter Schertz, the VMFA Jack and Mary Ann Frable Curator of Ancient Art, explores new acquisitions and rotations in the Ancient Art Galleries at VMFA.
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