Gem

29-128-753

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-753
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Hercules. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case SS.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Broken diagonally across upper 1/3. Bust of the elderly bearded Herakles facing to right, enveloped in lionskin. 16th or 17th century.

Height 2 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 753 - Sommerville Gem Number

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