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29-128-789

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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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