Mirror, Mirror-Reflections on the Etruscans & Their Afterlife: Art Talk with Frances Gallart Marqués

Curatorial fellow Frances Gallart Marqués takes a close look at a selection of Etruscan bronze mirrors in the Harvard Art Museums collections, exploring what they can tell us about the people who made, used, and were buried with them.
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+ Engraved tang mirror, Etruscan, late 4th century BCE. Bronze. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University, 2012.1.60. hvrd.art/o/174376
+ Engraved Circular Hand Mirror With Animal Head Terminal, Etruscan, second half 3rd century BCE. Bronze. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, Class of 1894, 1932.56.37.hvrd.art/o/303643
+ Engraved Hand Mirror with Ram's Head Terminal, Etruscan, first half 3rd century BCE. Bronze. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912, 1977.216.2311. hvrd.art/o/304027
+ Tang Mirror with Modern Engraving and Inscription, Etruscan, 5th-4th century BCE or modern. Bronze. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, 1977.216.3422. hvrd.art/o/287347
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Speaker: Frances Gallart Marqués, Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art
This video is part of our  Harvard Art Museums from Home: Art Talk series, in which our team of curators, conservators, fellows, and graduate students will share short, informal videos that offer an up-close look at works from our collections.
Recorded Thursday, July 16, 2020. ©President and Fellows of Harvard College. Video: Frances Gallart Marqués. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at [e-mail].

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Wonderful talk. Interesting topic, new hypotheses - presented with good humour!

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Glad you enjoyed it!

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