Gem Impression
53-5-95
From: Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 53-5-95 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy) |
Date Made | 19th century |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Plaster |
Iconography | Persephone | Pluto |
Description | Proserpine in a car driven by dragons, having discovered the nymph Minthe holding amorous intercourse with Pluto, changes her into the plant called mint |
Height | 3.5 cm |
Width | 4.8 cm |
Depth | 0.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel, 1953 |
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