Gem

Ring

29-128-1110

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1110
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator After Michelangelo
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Maenad
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. A Bacchante. Fine head. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case RRR.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Vine-wreathed bust; identified by Sommerville as that of a Maenad to left. 16th, very much in the style of the followers of Michelangelo.

Height 2 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1110 - Sommerville Gem Number

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