Gem
Fragment
29-128-1182
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1182 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Hebe | Jupiter | Mercury | Juno | Heracles | Eagle |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. Hebe presented by Mercury to Jupiter. Antique Pastes, Case VVV. Vermeule: Paste, white mounted on blue glass. (Unmounted) A mythological scene "Hebe presented by Hermes to Zeus." Neo-Classic, suggesting an ancient cameo. |
Length | 2.7 cm |
Width | 2.6 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1182 - Sommerville Number |
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