Object Number | 29-128-436 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1750-1800 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Caracalla | George III |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Caracalla, twenty-fourth Emperor of Rome, A.D. 211-217, so called from the long Gaulish tunic which he wore. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Y. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). bust of a man to right, broken and poorly repaired at left side. Sommerville identifies him as Caracalls, but features seem to be a portrait of a personage of the period of George III. Late 18th Century. |
Height | 3.4 cm |
Width | 2.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 436 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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