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29-128-841

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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