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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