Gem

29-128-2094

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2094
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Pichler
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Topaz
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Female Figure | Signature | Agrippina
Description

Vermeule: Topaz. Intaglio. (Modern silvered ring setting) Neo-Classic. Signed in Greek letters by Pichler. Female figure seated to right in contemplation, a wreath in field at left. She supports an urn probably containing the ashes of deceased one in her left hand. Style is Graeco-Roman in Neo-Classic interpretation similar to marble reliefs of Canova and Thorvaldsen.

Height 2 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2094 - Sommerville Gem Number

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