The ghost of Creusa disappearing from Aeneas near the burning wall of Troy early 19th century probably Italian 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.. The ghost of Creusa disappearing from Aeneas near the burning wall of Troy. probably Italian. early 19th century. Carnelian. Lapidary Work-Gems
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