Gem

29-128-296

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

View All (4) Object Images

Object Number 29-128-296
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Marceanna
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Marciana, sister of Trajan. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a lady of late Egyptian classical type facing to left. She wears her hair in elaborate curls, a double fillet in her hair and a conical cap. She cannot possibly be Marceanna, sister of Trajan as Sommerville suggests. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 296 - Sommerville Gem Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.