Gem

29-128-22

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-22
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1400-1499
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Vespasian | Vespasian? | Galba?
Description

Sommerville: Green jasper. Vespasian, ninth Emperor of Rome; laureated with gold. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case B.

Vermeule: Green Jasper. Cameo. [unmounted] Draped bust of a man resembling the Emperor Galba or Vespasian facing to left. The wreath is made seperately of gold. The stone which is broken at the lower left has been remounted in a thin metal casing. Italian work of the 15th Century.

Length 2.2 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 22 - Sommerville Gem Number

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