Abduction of Proserpine

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Abduction of Proserpine

Italian

Date
possibly 17th century
Medium
Sardonyx
Dimensions
1-5/8 x 2-1/16 in. (4.1 x 5.2 cm)
Object type
Cameo
Classification
Lapidary Work-Gems
Culture
Italian
Object number
39.22.14
Credit line
The Milton Weil Collection, 1939

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Women
  • Putti
  • Male Nudes
  • Horses

The Met object ID 198338. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.