Gem
Ring
29-128-1827
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1827 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Shepherd | Staff | Goat | Panpipes | Palm Tree | Paris? | Helen? |
Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) A heroic figure of a shepard seated to left, leaning on his staff. A goat appears beneath his feet and pipes hang on tree behind him. A palm lies on ground in front of the rock on which he places his right foot. He is, perhaps, Paris dreaming of Helen. Neo-Classic |
Height | 1.4 cm |
Width | 1.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1827 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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