Gem
Box Lid
29-128-1364
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1364 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Baroque Period |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Achilles | Astyanax | Andromache |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Achilles causing Astyanax, son of Hector, to be thrown into the sea, regardless of the tears of his mother Andromache. Miscellaneous Cameos, Case OOOO. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt box top mount) Scene is identified by Sommerville as "Achilles causing Astyanax, son of Hector, to be thrown into the sea, regardless of the tears of his mother Andromache." 17th century in Baroque style |
| Height | 5.3 cm |
| Width | 3.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1364 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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