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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