Object Number | 29-128-665 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Italy |
Period | Renaissance |
Date Made | 1500-1599 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sard |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Aeneas | Anchises | Ascanius | Troy |
Description | Sommerville: Sard. Beautiful example of the incident of Troy. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case OO. Vermeule: Sard. Cameo. (Unmounted) Aeneus, etc., fleeting from Troy. Style of composition with Troy represented as a fortified city in the background is Italian of XVI Century. "Quite Nice." |
Height | 3.7 cm |
Width | 3.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 665 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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