Object Number | 29-128-290 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1500-1699 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Eros | Cupid | Cart | Goat | Lion |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. The Power of Love. Cupid in a chariot drawn by a goat and a lion. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Eros driving a cart to the right. The cart is drawn by a goat and a lion, symbolic of the power of love. Sommerville adds the quotation "He drives not only the lascivious but the strong." 16th or 17th century. |
Height | 2.1 cm |
Width | 1.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 290 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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