Object Number | 29-128-835 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1500-1599 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Shell |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Hermes | Nymph | Ruins |
Description | Sommerville: Conchiglia. Mercury and a Nymph. Tenerae, Case ZZ. Vermeule: Shell. Cameo. (Unmounted) In front of an elaborate scene of antique ruins Hermes walks to right, extending his caduceus to a nymph who is seated on the staircase at the right. 16th century. |
Height | 3.7 cm |
Width | 2.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 835 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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