Mirror with Female Figure and Engraved Scene

Description The handle of this mirror is cast as a female figure with bracelets, armband, and necklace. She holds an object in her right hand, her arm is bent, and her outstretched wings curve around the mirror. There is an engraved scene on the reverse of the mirror, depicting a warrior and a woman standing before a building, with a man and woman at the sides.The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Examination	examined for condition
12/31/1969	Treatment	other; repaired; stabilized
8/27/1976	Treatment	other
3/17/1980	Examination	examined for technical study; x-ray
7/20/1992	Treatment	other
10/19/2017	Examination	examined for condition; repaired; stabilized; x-ray

Provenance Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902