Paperweight - D. Solomos

Paperweight with bronze decoration reproducing the design of a gold seal belonging to Greece’s national poet Dionysios Solomos (1798-1857), bearing his monogram and the Latin inscription VERUM AMO VERUM VOLO (I love truth, I seek truth).

Created on the occasion of the Benaki Museum’s anniversary exhibition 1821 Before and After.

Bronze on marble