Gem Impression

53-5-97

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 53-5-97
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Date Made 19th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Iconography Vulcan | Thetis
Description

The infant Vulcan, having fallen from heaven on the island of Lemnos, is saved by Thetis and the nymph Eurynyme

Height 4.5 cm
Width 5.1 cm
Depth 0.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel, 1953

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