Gem

29-128-2035

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2035
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Heracles | Cretan Bull | Dionysos | Ariadne
Description

Vermeule: Agate in Pink and Brown. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Herakles kneeling to right, in act of roping the Cretan Bull. His lionskin appears behind him and a terminal figure of Dionysos and Ariadne fills the background. Neo-Classic, in good imitation of ancient style.

Height 4.2 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2035 - Sommerville Gem Number

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