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29-128-278

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-278
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1800-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Petrarch's Laura
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Petrarch's Laura. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Q.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a woman of late Neo-Classic ideal type facing to left. "Petrarchis Laura". 19th century.

Length 2.5 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 278 - Sommerville Number

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