Object Number | 29-128-916 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Gold | Sardonyx |
Iconography | Vittimario | Antinous |
Description | Sommerville: Pale Sard. Vittimario. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case FFF. Vermeule: Pale Sard. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) Half figure bust of a youth facing to left., he is laureate, wears a cloak over his shoulders and carries an axe over his right shoulder. As Sommerville has noted at length, a Roman Victim arises is intended. The design, however, copies medallion portraits of Antinoos, the favorite of Hadrian. Neo-Classic. |
Height | 1.4 cm |
Width | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 916 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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