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29-128-366

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-366
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Youth | Antinous
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Antinous, the favorite of Hadrian. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case U.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust of a Graeco-Roman youth facing to right. Sommerville calls him Antinoos, the favorite of Hadrian. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.9 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 366 - Sommerville Gem Number

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