Gem

29-128-665

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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