Object Number | 29-128-311 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Italy |
Manufacture Location | Italy |
Creator | Santarelli |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1759-1826 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Alexander the Great |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx. Alexander of Macedonia. Cut by Santarelli. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) bust of a young man identified by Sommerville as Alexander of Macedonia. He states that the gem was cut by Sartarelli, but it is unsigned. Late 18th or early 19th century. |
Height | 1.9 cm |
Width | 2.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 311 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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