Chryseis with an attendant bearing presents, praying to Menelaus to restore his daughter

Unknown

early 19th century · Amethyst and gold · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The intaglio is a fake, one of six in the Museum's collection, similar in style to those supplied by Italian Neoclassical engravers to Prince Stanislaw Poniatowski of Poland. Carried out in a figural style indebted to that of Antonio Canova, the Poniatowski gems bear the names of the carvers most celebrated in ancient Greece. The deception of the Poniatowski gems was revealed in 1895. The Museum's six were mounted in velvet boxes by Tiffany & Co.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 19th century

Medium

Amethyst and gold

Culture

probably Italian

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Cele H. and William B. Rubin, 1961