Gem Impression

53-5-417

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

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 53-5-417
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Date Made 19th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Iconography Heracles | Pluto | Persephone
Description

Hercules attacking Menoetius, the herdsman of Pluto, whose life is spared by the intercession of Proserpine.

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

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