Gem Impression

53-5-104

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

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 53-5-104
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Date Made 19th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Iconography Vulcan | Mars | Venus
Description

Vulcan having surprised Venus and Mars, encloses them in his brazen net, which united extreme lightness with such solidity that even the god of war could not break it

Height 3.7 cm
Width 4.6 cm
Depth 0.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel, 1953

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