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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