Gem
Ring
29-128-2454
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2454 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sard | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Youth | Torch | Palm |
Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) A winged youth, probably the genius of eternity, running to right, a torch in his left hand, a palm in the right. Neo-Classic in the spirit of Canova and Thorwaldsen. |
Height | 1.4 cm |
Width | 1.9 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2454 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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