Gem

29-128-426

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-426
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1800-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Lucius Junius Brutus | Marcus Brutus
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Lucius Junius Brutus and Marcus Brutus. Lucius Junius has a beard; Marcus is without beard. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Y.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Unmounted). Jugate male bust to left. Features seem to be those of the earlier 19th century.

Height 2.6 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 426 - Sommerville Gem Number

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