Nymph and Faun (Antiope and Zeus?)
Italy. Late 16th century.
Cameo. Agate—onyx, gold.
2.0 × 2.5 cm.
Inv. No. К 2333.Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum

Nymph and Faun (Antiope and Zeus?).

Italy. Late 16th century.
Cameo. Agate—onyx, gold.
2.0 × 2.5 cm.
Inv. No. К 2333.

Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
(Санкт-Петербург, Государственный Эрмитаж).

Origin:
Receipt: 1785, from the Academy of Sciences (on the cover of a cup of Peter I).
Credits:
© Photo, text: Antichnoe nasledie v iskusstve Zapadnoi Evropy. Katalog vystavki. s. 89 cat. No. 72.
© 2004 — Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh, Sankt-Peterburg.
© 2004 — AO “Slaviya”, Sankt-Peterburg.
© 2004 — OOO “Kompaniya “Bazovyi element”, Moskva.
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