Gem

29-128-186

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-186
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Lucius Junius Brutus
Description

Sommerville: Agate. Lucius Junius Brutus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case L.

Vermeule: Reddish-brown agate. Cameo. (Umounted). Bust of a bearded Roman facing to left. Sommerville identifies him as Lucius Junius Brutus. 17th? The features are copied from the ancestral portrait on a Roman Republican denarius.

Length 2.8 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 186 - Sommerville Gem Number

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