Gem Impression

53-5-241

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

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 53-5-241
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Date Made 19th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Iconography Cyclops | Galatea
Description

Polyphemus the Cyclops, enamoured of Galatea, arranging his hair and looking at himself in the sea, which serves him as a mirror.

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

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