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29-128-213

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-213
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Metal | Diamond
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles | Lion
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Hercules with the Lion's skin. The setting and the diamond sparks are medieval and rude. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Gilt setting surrounded by paste brillants). Bust of the elder bearded Herakles to left, wearing lion skin.

Length 2.7 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 213 - Sommerville Number

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