File:Leda mirror Louvre Bj2159.jpg

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English: Handle mirror with Leda and the swan. Silver with repoussé decoration, late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE. From the Boscoreale Treasure.
Français : Miroir à manche en balustre représentant Léda et le cygne. Argent à décor repoussé, fin du Ier siècle av. J.-C.-début du Ier siècle ap. J.-C. Provenance : trésor de Boscoreale.
Medium partially-gilt silver and repoussé decoration
Dimensions height: 28.7 cm (11.2 in); diameter: 16.7 cm (6.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,28.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,16.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Antiquités romaines, room 33: salle Henri II. Sully, 1st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
Accession number
Bj 2159
Object history 1895: discovered (Boscoreale, Campania)
Credit line 1895: given by Baron Edmond de Rothschild
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 9183
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2006)
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