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CAMEE OVALE EN AGATE SCULPTEE REPRESENTANT LA TETE DE IOLE
XVIIEME SIECLE
Portant la peau du lion de Nemée sur sa tête, les pattes nouées autour du cou, de profil tournée vers la droite; dans une monture ovale en or appliquée sur un fond circulaire en jaspe rouge ; enchâssé dans un cadre en vermeil orné de coquillages, de fleurs et de feuilles d'acanthe
Hauteur: 4.2 cm. (1¾ in.), Hauteur totale: 14.5 cm. (5¾ in.)
來源
Arthur, 2nd Duc de Wellington (1807-1884).
出版
Londres, S. J. Phillips, The Wellington Gems, catalogue de l'exposition 2nd Duc de Wellington (1807-1884) juin, 1977, no. 367.
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A CARVED OVAL AGATE CAMEO HEAD OF IOLE
17TH CENTURY
Wearing the skin of the Nemean lion on her head, paws knotted at the neck, facing in profile to the right; in an oval gold mount applied to a circular red jasper ground within silver-gilt frame of shells, flowers and acanthus
According to Lucia Pirzio Biroli (La Collezione Paoletti, Rome, 2007, p.73, I, no. 639), heads of this type were intended to represent Iole, wife of Hercules, who adopted his attributes to demonstrate the power of love over strength.