Gem

29-128-419

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-419
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Apollo Piombino
Description

Sommerville: Pale Sardonyx. Apollo. Notice flesh tint. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case X.

Vermeule: Pale Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Filleted bust of a youth of the early Classical type facing to left. Sommerville terms him Apollo and the features are modelled on the bronze Apollo Piombino in the Louvre. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 419 - Sommerville Gem Number

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