Gem

Ring

29-128-956

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-956
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture European
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1500-1599 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Ariosto | Zeus-Serapis
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Ariosto, the Italian poet. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case III.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Laureate, draped bust to right, termed Ariosto the Italian poet (1474-1533).

Height 2.6 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 956 - Sommerville Gem Number

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