Object Number | 29-128-789 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Calcite |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Diogenes |
Description | Sommerville: Yellow Calcite. Diogenes, the Greek philosopher. Broken and repaired. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case VV. Vermeule: Yellow Calcite. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of Diogenes facing to left. Neo-Classic, the features copied from the marble statuettes of Diogenes in the Villa Torlonia - Albani in Rome and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. |
Height | 2 cm |
Width | 2.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 789 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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