Lot Essay
The chimneypiece bas relief medallion depicts a scene from Virgil's Aeneid, with Minerva bearing loves darts and instructing cloud-borne Cupid to make Dido love Aeneas.
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CIRCA 1800
Details
A late George III statuary marble chimneypiece tablet
Circa 1800
Carved in relief with figures of Minerva and Cupid
9 in. (23 cm.) high, 20 in. (50.7 cm.) wide, 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) deep
Circa 1800
Carved in relief with figures of Minerva and Cupid
9 in. (23 cm.) high, 20 in. (50.7 cm.) wide, 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) deep
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