Roma - Museo Capitolino. Amazzone che tende l'arco (Rome - Capitoline Museum. Amazon Drawing a Bow)

Skip to main content
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Amazzone che tende l'arco (Rome - Capitoline Museum. Amazon Drawing a Bow)
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Amazzone che tende l'arco (Rome - Capitoline Museum. Amazon Drawing a Bow)
Artist/Maker
Publisher (Italian, founded 1852)
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (24.4 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.524
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph depicting a sculpture of an Amazon drawing a bow, known as the Wounded Amazon, at the Capitoline Museum. This sculpture is thought to be a ca. 0 CE Roman copy of a sculpture by the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias.
Collections

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Wounded Amazon
Provenance 2018: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, by transfer from the Art History Department;
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
Inscribed Recto, bottom margin: "(Edne. Alinari) Pe. Ia. No. 5974. ROMA - Museo Capitolino. Amazzone che tende l'arco. (Scultura antica.)"
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Amore che spezza l'arco (Rome - Capitoline Museum. Love Breaking the Bow)
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Amore che spezza l'arco (Rome - Capitoline Museum. Love Breaking the Bow)
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.547
Napoli - Museo Nazionale. Amazzone. (Naples - National Museum. Amazon.)
Napoli - Museo Nazionale. Amazzone. (Naples - National Museum. Amazon.)
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.522
Roma - Museo Vaticano. Amazzone Matteiana
Roma - Museo Vaticano. Amazzone Matteiana
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.559
Photo by John Bentham.
Bust of Gaius
Pietro Bazzanti
Date: before 1881
Medium: Marble
Object number: 2023.10.83
Napoli - Museo Nazionale. Un' Amazzone morta
Napoli - Museo Nazionale. Un' Amazzone morta
Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.566
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Un Gladiatore moribondo, visto da tergo
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Un Gladiatore moribondo, visto da tergo
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.544
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Il Gladiatore Moribondo
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Il Gladiatore Moribondo
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.545
Roma - Museo Vaticano. Vergine Spartana (Rome - Vatican Museum. Spartan Virgin)
Roma - Museo Vaticano. Vergine Spartana (Rome - Vatican Museum. Spartan Virgin)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.548
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Fauno di Prassitele
Roma - Museo Capitolino. Fauno di Prassitele
Praxiteles of Athens
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.546
Roma - Museo Vaticano. Minerva Poliade o Medica (Rome - Vatican Museum. Minerva Poliade or Medica)
Roma - Museo Vaticano. Minerva Poliade o Medica (Rome - Vatican Museum. Minerva Poliade or Medica)
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.528
Roma - Museo Vaticano. Sacrificio Mitraico (Rome - Vatican Museum. Mithraic Sacrifice)
Roma - Museo Vaticano. Sacrificio Mitraico (Rome - Vatican Museum. Mithraic Sacrifice)
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.550
Roma - Museo Vaticano. La Pudicizia. forse un'Augusta (Rome - Vatican Museum. Modesty. Perhaps an Augusta)
Roma - Museo Vaticano. La Pudicizia. forse un'Augusta (Rome - Vatican Museum. Modesty. Perhaps an Augusta)
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.551