Gem

29-128-57

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-57
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Northern Europe
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Icelandic Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Nude Woman
Description

Sommerville: Icelandic Jasper. Nude figure of a woman drinking. Very curious cameo. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case D.

Vermeule: Icelandic Jasper. Cameo. (unmounted). Nude figure of a woman drinking, walking to left and is seen partly from the back. North European Renaissance?

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 57 - Sommerville Gem Number

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