Gem

29-128-408

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-408
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1599-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles
Description

Sommerville: Sard. Hercules. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case X.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of the elder bearded Herakles wearing his lionskin, facing to left. 16th or 17th century.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 408 - Sommerville Gem Number

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