Object Number | 29-128-1332 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Alabaster |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Marcus Aurelius |
Description | Sommerville: Oriental alabster. Decebalus, King of the Dacians. Cameos, Case IIII. Vermeule: Oriental Alabaster. Cameo. (Unmounted) Copy from an Aurelian relief incorporated in the Arch of Constantine, Rome. The emperor Marcus Aureliux standing to right, on an estrade extending his hand in a gesture of clemency toward a group of barbarians who are being led into his presence by Roman legionaires. |
Height | 5.6 cm |
Width | 6.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1332 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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