Object Number | 29-128-15 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | 18th Century |
Date Made | 1700-1799 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Hadrian | Sabina |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx Hadrian and Sabina. Very fine cameo. Sabina, wife of Hadrian and daughter of Matidia, a good empress. She was enrolled among the gods at her decease. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case B. Vermeule: Chalcedony-onyx Cameo (Unmounted). Jugate busts of a Roman emperor and empress facing to left; the former is laureate, draped and cuirassed. "Hadrian and Sabina." 18th century, based on a Roman 2nd cent. AD design |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 15 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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