Object Number | 29-128-410 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Creator | After Berini |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1600-1699 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Woman | Saint Theresa d'Avila |
Description | Sommerville: Pale Sardonyx. A Devotee. A very fine cameo. Note open mouth and teeth. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case X. Vermeule: Cameo. (Unmounted) Broken at upper left and right. Bust of a woman wearing her garment about her head. Her expression of religious ecstasy suggests a saint is intended. 17th cent. work of the time of Bernini. The style is that of his St. Theresa d'Avila. |
Height | 1.8 cm |
Width | 2.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 410 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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