Gem

29-128-145

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-145
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Northern Europe (uncertain)
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles
Description

Sommerville: Agate - Hercules. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of the full bearded Herakles facing to right., he wears the lionskin. 16th. Probably of Northern European manufacture.

Length 3 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 145 - Sommerville Gem Number

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