Gem
Ring
29-128-2562
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2562 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Rome | Milan | Italy (uncertain) |
Creator | Giovanni Antonio Santarelli |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1759-1826 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Cupid | Eros | Signature |
Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold (reset) ring mount) Cupid seated chained to a base; carved in very high relief. Eros is weeping. Signed - Santarellia. cf. 2576. Subject a popular one on ancient and Neo-Classic gems. |
Height | 2.1 cm |
Width | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2562 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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