Gem

Ring

29-128-2099

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2099
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Pichler
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin | Signature
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of the young Herakles to right, wearing lionskin with paws knotted about his neck. Signed in Greek letters at the base PICKLER.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2099 - Sommerville Gem Number

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