Object Number | 29-128-863 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Silver |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Minerva | Athena Parthenos |
Description | Sommerville: Carnelian. intaglio. Minerva, with embellished shield. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case BBB. Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern silver pin setting) Half-figured bust of Athena to left, wearing crested helmet, aegis and shield on left shoulder. Neo-Classic, a modernized version of a composition going back to the Athena Parthenos in the Greek Vth century. |
Height | 1.5 cm |
Width | 2.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 863 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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