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29-128-196

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-196
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Virgil
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony - Virgil. the Latin Poet. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case L.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Filleted bust of a young man of Neo-Classic ideal type, facing to right. Sommerville terms him "Virgil."

Length 2.1 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 196 - Sommerville Gem Number

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