Opaque white on opaque blue glass cameo

Unknown

1st century BCE–3rd century CE · Glass, opaque white on black · Greek and Roman Art

Two youths and two women The scene may represent the return of Orestes, in which case the seated youth would be Orestes, the other Pylades, the women Elektra and the nurse, or perhaps Clytemnestra and Elektra.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century BCE–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass, opaque white on black

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917