Gem Impression

53-5-61

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

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 53-5-61
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Date Made 19th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Iconography Jupiter | Vulcan | Heracles
Description

Jupiter commanding Vulcan to forge the most formidable arrows that could be made for Hercules, to destroy the monsters which infested the earth.

Height 3.4 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Depth 0.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel, 1953

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