Gem

29-128-74

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-74
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Germanicus?
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Incognito. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E.

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. Bust of a young man, head turned slightly to left. A bit of drapery appears on the left shoulder. The feautres are those of a prince of the Julio-Claudian period and the stone is undoubtedly copied from some ancient cameo perhaps representing Germanicus. 17th century?

Length 2 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 74 - Sommerville Gem Number

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