Object Number | 29-128-841 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Renaissance |
Date Made | 1500-1599 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Shell |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Bearded Man | Philosopher |
Description | Sommerville: A Greek Philosopher. Tenerae, Case ZZ. Vermeule: Sardonyx? or perhaps shell. Cameo. (Unmounted) Draped bust of a bearded man of Michael Angelesque type, facing to right. Sommerville terms him a Greek philosopher. Probably 16th. |
Height | 1.3 cm |
Width | 2.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 841 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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