Opaque blue glass oval engraved gem
Unknown
1st century BCE · Glass, opaque blue paste · Greek and Roman Art
The sheperd Faustulus leans on his staff and watches the Roman she-wolf suckle the twins Romulus and Remus under a vine. The bird on the vine is presumably the woodpecker, which, according to legend, helped to feed and watch over the twins.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1st century BCE
- Medium
- Glass, opaque blue paste
- Culture
- Roman
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
