Gem

29-128-360

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-360
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Roman Emperor | Caligula
Description

Sommerville: Jasper. Caligula, son of Germanicus, third Emperor of Rome; a tyrant. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case U.

Vermeule: Jasper. Cameo. (Unmounted). Laureate, draped cuirassed bust of a Roman prince facing to right "Caligula". 18th Century.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 360 - Sommerville Gem Number

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