Gem
29-128-782
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-782 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Date Made | 1500-1599 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Stone | Rhone Pebble |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | General | Helmet | Dolphin |
| Description | Sommerville: Rhone Pebble. A Warrior with Dolphin Helmet. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case VV. Vermeule: Rhone Pebble. Ren. Portrait Cameo. Bust of a Renaissance General in elaborate helmet in form of head of dolphin facing to left (long flowing beard). XVIth century. |
| Height | 6.7 cm |
| Width | 4.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 782 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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