Gem

29-128-260

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-260
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Maecenus | Cicero
Description

Sommerville: Agate-onyx. Maecenas, the friend of Augustus and the arts. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case O.

Vermeule: Agate-onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of man to right, identified as Maecenus, the Augustan statesman. The features are copied from a well-known gem in Paris which may represent Cicero. 17th Century?

Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 260 - Sommerville Number

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