Gem

Object Number:

29-128-2398

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Mediterranean

Period:

Neoclassical

Date Made:

1700-1850

Early Date:

1700

Late Date:

1850

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Stone

Technique:

Cameo

Iconography:

Lady

Description:

Bust of a lady wearing diadem and crescent left.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville

Other Number:

2398	-	Sommerville Number
628	-	Vermeule Number (Sommerville Gems)

Bibliography:

[Book] Berges, Dietrich. 2011. Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie. Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 214, Fig. 95, Pl. 164

[Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1950. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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