179, A naked Nereid holding a stylis seated on a Triton, wrapped around her, her hand at his neck. The Triton wears a horned-animal skin (a griffin?). A small naked boy 'with windblown hair' (Beazley) holds the Triton's tail.
Description: A naked Nereid holding a stylis seated on a Triton, wrapped around her, her hand at his neck. The Triton wears a horned-animal skin (a griffin?). A small naked boy 'with windblown hair' (Beazley) holds the Triton's tail.
Last Recorded Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: 27.784
Previous Collections:
Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 32
Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 179
Size: 21x17x2.5
Comments: Furtwängler took the stone for ancient, Beazley for 16th cent. The reversed type appears on an ancient Medici gem in Naples (see LHG; without the small boy).
