| Object Number |
29-128-382 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Mediterranean |
| Period |
Neoclassical |
| Date Made |
1700-1850 |
| Section |
Mediterranean |
| Materials |
Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique |
Cameo |
| Iconography |
Amazon | Phrygian Cap |
| Description |
Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. An Amazon, with Phrygian beretto. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case V. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. Bust of an Amazon wearing Phrygian cap. |
| Height |
2.5 cm |
| Width |
1.7 cm |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number |
382 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Rose, C. B., and Gareth Darbyshire. The Golden Age of King Midas: Exhibition Catalogue. Philadelphia: Penn Museum, 2016. See: pp. 139-139 |
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| Berges, Dietrich K. Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie. Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA.. Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf GMbH, 2011. See: p. 174, fig. 16, pl. 56 |
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| Vermeule, Cornelius C. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The University Museum, 1956. See: no. 481 |
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| Sommerville, Maxwell. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art. Maxwell Sommerville, 1889. See: p. 690, no. 382 |
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