Description: VENUS STEALING THE WEAPONS OF LOVE [SALMACIS AND LOVE]
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
Signature: Gnaios
Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
Last Recorded Collection: Paris, Cabinet des médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France: H 2879, inv 377
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.172
Christie's, London: 1839-1861
Prendeville, J.: Explanatory catalogue of the proof-impressions of the antique gems possessed by the late Prince Poniatowski and now in the possession of John Tyrrell, Esq. (1841): 114
Seguin, (Jean-Charles)
Size: 29x23
Comments: 2ND PICTURE: GREEN GLASS PASTE BY CHAVDAR CHUSHEV
