Description: VENUS STEALING THE WEAPONS OF LOVE [SALMACIS AND LOVE]
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
Signature: Gnaios
Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
Current Collection: Paris, Cabinet des medailles, Bibliotheque nationale de France
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
Christie's, London
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)
Seguin, (Jean-Charles)
Material: Amethyst
Comments: 2ND PICTURE: GREEN GLASS PASTE BY CHAVDAR CHUSHEV
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