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29-128-270

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-270
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Milan (uncertain)
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1575-1599 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Annunciation
Description

Sommerville: Agate-onyx. The Annunciation. Superb cameo of the 16th century. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case P.

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Annunciation. Work of the XVIth century.

Length 4.7 cm
Width 4.6 cm
Depth 4.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 270 - Sommerville Number

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