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29-128-207

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-207
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Cameo
Iconography Hermaphrodite
Description

Sommerville: paste, unclassified. The Hermaphrodite. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M.

Vermeule:Carnelian-paste. Cameo. Neo-Classic. Sleeping Hermaphrodite. Composition based on Hellenistic statue in the Louvre with the bushion restored by Bernini. Canova?

Length 1.3 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 207 - Sommerville Number

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