Gem

Pendant

29-128-2097

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2097
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Pichler
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Perseus | Andromeda
Description

Vermeule: Dark Carnelian. Intaglio. (Pendant Setting) Perseus freeing Andromeda. Composition based on well-known Neo-Attic relief in the Museo Capitolino in Rome. Signed in Greek letters PICHLER.

Height 3.2 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2097 - Sommerville Gem Number

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