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29-128-402

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-402
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Satyr | Marc Antony
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Mark Antony, caricatured as a Satyr, showing that even in the glyptic art men took the liberty of caricaturing those in power. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case W

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of an old satyr or a Roman with the features of a Satyr, facing to right, panther skin about his shoulders. "Marc Antony, caricatured as a satyr." 18th century.

Height 1.9 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 402 - Sommerville Gem Number

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