Gem

29-128-443

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-443
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Julius Caesar
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Julius Caesar. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Z.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Laureate bust to left., identified as Julius Caesar but more likely copying one of the Triumphal ace coin portraits of Augustus. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 443 - Sommerville Gem Number

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