Gem Impression

53-5-283

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

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 53-5-283
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Date Made 19th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Iconography Mercury
Description

Mercury hovering over the funeral pyre of Coronis, having rescued the infant Aesculapius from the flames.

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

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