Gem Impression

53-5-211

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

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 53-5-211
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Date Made 19th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Iconography Mercury | Amazons
Description

The Amazon Myrto, seated by the side of Mercury, by whom she became the mother of Myrtilius, the celebrated arm-bearer of Denamaus, the father of Hippodamia.

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

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