Grand Cameo de France

MS6011

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Title Grand Cameo de France
Object Number MS6011
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 1st century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Child | Woman | Warrior | Winged Horse
Description

Vermeule: Copy in Painted plaster of the "Grand Cameo de France." in Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. Central section left to right: standing figure with child in front of him. Standing figure wearing armor; Female? figure wearing wreath; 2 seated figures; male in armor, seated female. Above: 5 figures - one on winged horse. Below: 8 figures, central one a woman with child.

Length 31.5 cm
Width 27.5 cm
Credit Line

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