Leda, Mirror, Louvre Bj 2159

Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Unknown
Handle mirror with Leda and the swan. Silver with repoussé decoration, late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD. From the Boscoreale Treasure.

Dimensions H. 28.7 cm (11 ¼ in.), Diam. 16.7 cm (6 ½ in.)
Credit line Gift of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, 1895
Accession number Bj 2159
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 33
Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)


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