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A beige agate intaglio engraved with Herakles
carrying a bull on his left shoulder, nude except for the lion's skin, with spurious signature below the ground line, 17th. Century, in later ring setting with swivel hoop and blue enamel detail.
See Plate 17
The engraving is after a Roman aquamarine intaglio in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. {cf. G.M.A.Richter, Engraved gems of the Romans, 1971, No.637 and illustration.)
carrying a bull on his left shoulder, nude except for the lion's skin, with spurious signature below the ground line, 17th. Century, in later ring setting with swivel hoop and blue enamel detail.
See Plate 17
The engraving is after a Roman aquamarine intaglio in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. {cf. G.M.A.Richter, Engraved gems of the Romans, 1971, No.637 and illustration.)