Gem
Pendant
29-128-1992
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1992 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Goddess | Amazon | Virtus? | Men | Horse |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Gold pendant setting, no loop; ornamental). A scene based on Roman historical sarcophagus type relief. An Amazon type goddess, perhaps Virtus stands in the midst of four men, three of whom are in warrior costume and one of whom leads a horse to right. Neo-Classic, in the decorative tradition of Canova and Thorwaldsen. |
| Height | 3.4 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1992 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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