ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Scarab Ring with Pegasus, Bellerophon, and Chimaera
CultureEtruscan
PeriodClassical
Dateca. 400 BCE
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Object number2009.008.001
Exhibition HistoryThe Chimaera of Arezzo, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, July 16, 2009 - February 8, 2010Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2013 - June 11, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesMario Iozzo, et al., Chimaera of Arezzo (Firenze: Polistampa, 2009), 19, figure 15.
MCCM Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2011.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 58-59.
Bret Love, "Academy Awards: Emory University," Go Magazine (March 2011): 84.
N.T. de Grummond, "Little Chimaeras: Images from Ancient Gems, Rings, and Coins," in Myth, Allegory, Emblem: The Many Lives of the Chimaera of Arezzo, ed. G. Carlotta Cianferoni, et al. (Roma: Aracne, 2013), 71.
ProvenanceEx Fondation La Coudre, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, 1950s. Ex private collection, Europe. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's New York, December 9, 2008, lot 256.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
305-30 BCE
late 6th-mid 5th Century BCE
ca. 50-150 CE
2nd Century CE
late 1st Century BCE-early 1st Century CE
ca. 3rd Century CE
2nd Century CE
3rd Century CE
ca. 69-138 CE
1st-3rd Century CE
1st Century CE
