Object Number | 29-128-44 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Faun? | Maenad? | Augustus? | Livia? | Man | Woman |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Augustus and Livia, the emperor caricatured as a faun. Notice the ear and hair. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case C. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo (unmounted). Jugate busts of a man and woman of the Julio-Claudian period, facing to left., the woman is veiled; the man has been given the pointed ears and vine wreath of a faun. Neo-classic. |
Length | 2.2 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 44 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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