Mrs. William Clay
1928-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Gold and bronze
Gift of Mrs. William Clay
28.121
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
This heavy ring has been set with a gold oval deeply chiseled with a scene of the hero Theseus slaying the minotaur, a monstrous creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull. The story of Theseus’s triumph is recorded with dramatic clarity, and the artist has beautifully adapted the carefully modeled figures to the long narrow shape of the bezel.
Mrs. William Clay
1928-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
"Family Art Game," Detroit Free Press (May 18, 1986): p. 31 (ill.) [DIA Advertising Supplement]. Henshaw, Julia P., ed. A Visitors Guide: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1995, p. 113 (ill.).
Greek, Ring, between 2nd and 1st century BCE, gold and bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. William Clay, 28.121.