The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Dark Intaglio [ARK00169]
Attached People: Collector (major) - Bargrave, John (1610-1680)Location(s): Current location at - Canterbury Cathedral Library and Archives (Library and/or Archive) -> Canterbury Cathedral (Institution)
Annotation:[Canterbury Catalog: Intaglio, dark in colour (a) Depicting figure striding to the left, Philoctetes, from flower box, (very worn). Dark green/black glass intaglio. In Greek mythology, Philoctetes was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and was a participant in the Trojan War. He was the subject of at least two plays by Sophocles. (b) Cast of the above.] (approx 1st cent BC)