Gem
Ring
29-128-2469
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2469 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sard | Silver |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Youth | Man | Old Man | Trajan? | Philosopher |
Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Jugate busts of a young man wearing a laurel wreath and behind him an older bearded man. The young man resembles the Emperor Trajan, the older man is the Greek philosopher type. Neo-Classic. |
Height | 1.6 cm |
Width | 1.9 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2469 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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