Gem

Cameo

Object Number:

29-128-1349

Current Location:

Classical World Gallery

Provenience:

Mediterranean

Period:

Neoclassical

Date Made:

1700-1850 AD

Early Date:

1700

Late Date:

1850

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Alabaster

Technique:

Cameo

Iconography:

Titus
Temple of Solomon

Description:

Reliefs from Passageways of Arch of Titus. Seven-branched candlestick and other spoils of Solomon's Temple carried in procession.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville

Other Number:

1350	-	Sommerville Gem Number
650	-	Other Number

Cameo and Intaglio: Engraved Gems from the Sommerville Collection (30 Nov 1956 - 31 Mar 1957)

Worlds Intertwined: Classical World Introduction (14 Mar 2003)

[Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1950. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1877. Engraved Gems : Their Place in the History of Art.