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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