Gem

29-128-190

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-190
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1400-1499
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man
Description

Sommerville: Agate - Incognito (cinque-cento). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case L.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of man to left wearing Italian costume of the 14th or 15th century. 15th century? cf. Portraits of Dante of Petrarch.

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 190 - Sommerville Gem Number

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