Gem

Ring

29-128-2067

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2067
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Lucretia | Woman | Dagger
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) Half figure best of a half draped woman of Greek ideal type facing to right. She is stabbing herself in the breat with a small dagger. Probably Lucretia. Neo-Classic

Height 1.4 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2067 - Sommerville Gem Number

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