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| Keywords: Greek - Greek Diadem - Walters 571541.jpg High-ranking or wealthy Greek women often wore elaborate diadems and hairnets of gold and gemstones as part of their jewelry The centerpiece of this intricate openwork diadem is adorned with a large Hercules knot inspired by the one the hero used to tie the paws of the lion skin he wore Due to its protective quality it also became important in marriage symbolism and was a common motif for women's jewelry of the Hellenistic period and in royal Macedonian art more generally The Roman author Pliny AD 23-79 even attributed healing qualities to the Hercules knot This elaborate example is decorated with a miniature snake on each of the four edges twelve gold rosettes and two long tassels which would be placed on the forehead century 3 2 BC Greco-Roman gold garnet enamel cm 45 1 diam accession number 57 1541 9340 Collection of Canessa Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris May 11-14 1903 lot 259 E Guilhou date and mode of acquisition unknown Collection of E Guilhou Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris March 16-18 1905 lot 82 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1905 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Hercules knots 3rd-century BC jewellery Diadems | ||||
