Gem

29-128-717

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-717
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Poet
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony. A Greek Poetess. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Unmounted) Filleted draped bust of a woman of ideal type facing to right. "A Greek Poetess." Neo-Classic.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 717 - Sommerville Gem Number

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