Gem Impression

53-5-336

From: Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 53-5-336
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Date Made 19th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Iconography Heracles
Description

Hercules sucking the milk too greedily. Some drops fell, and thence sprung the milky way, so celebrated amongst the poets.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel, 1953

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