Gem
Ring
29-128-2288
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2288 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Warriors | Philoctetes? |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) A group of four warriors of Greek Heroic type. The subject difficult to identify is perhaps the visit of the Greek heros to Philoctetes on the Island of Lemnos. Neo-Classic, imitating a composition in an ancient painting or decorative stucco, such as those from Nero's Golden House, the imperial palaces on the Palatine or perhaps the Campanian cities. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2288 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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