Object Number | 29-128-440 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Antinous |
Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Antinous, favorite of Hadrian. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Z. Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a youth facing, head turned slightly to right. Drapery pinned with a brooch on left shoulder falls diagonally. Sommerville identifies him as Antinoos, but the features are some ideal conception of the IInd or IIIrd. A.D. |
Height | 1.3 cm |
Width | 1.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 440 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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