Gem Impression
53-5-47
From: Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 53-5-47 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy) |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Plaster |
| Iconography | Jupiter | Leda | Venus |
| Description | Jupiter in love with Leda, wife of Tyndarus, king of Sparta, assumes the form of a swan, to surprise and command venus to assume that of an eagle, and pursue him, in order than Leda may give him shelter. |
| Height | 3.4 cm |
| Width | 3.9 cm |
| Depth | 0.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel, 1953 |
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