GEM DETAIL
AJAX
1792 Catalogue Description
From a bust in the Museum Pio Clementinum This bust was found in Adrian’s Villa near Tivoli with several fragments of the group to which this bust belonged representing Ajax supporting and defending the dead body of Patroclus The famous Pasquino in Rome is a mutilated part of a group of the same subject
| Material |
Sardonyx |
|---|---|
| Gem Type | |
| Original Owner |
Rev W SANDFORD |
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