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29-128-208

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-208
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin
Description

Sommerville: Agate-onyx. Iole, beloved of Hercules. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M.

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of the young Herakles facing to right. He wears the lionskin with paws knotted about his neck. 16th Century.

Length 2.4 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 208 - Sommerville Number

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