M0004899: Greek seer Calchas examining a liver, decoration on an Etruscan mirror

Previous title, replaced November 2021: God Cachas examining liver of a victim.

Reproduction of a photograph of a bronze Etruscan mirror held by the Vatican Museum, Rome. Published in Laignel-Lavastine, M: Histoire generale de la medecine, de la pharmacie, de l'art dentaire et de l'art veterinaire, Paris : Albin Michel éditeur, [1936-1949]

October 1936

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.