Object Number | 29-128-95 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Sappho | Aphrodite? |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Sappho. The Greek Poetess, native of Mitylene. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case F. Vermeule: Chalcedony Onxy. Cameo (unmounted). Bust of a woman of 5th century type facing to right. Sommerville identifies her as Sappho. Neo-Classic, copying an ancient head, perhaps Aphrodite, which survives in a number of replicas and which has been termed Sappho since the Renaissance. Berges: Lamda Ny is the Greek abbreviation of the modern cutter's name and should be read L. N. what with some probability means Lorenz Natter, a famous gem cutter from Germany during the middle of the 18th. cen. |
Length | 2.5 cm |
Width | 1.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 95 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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