Gem
Pendant
29-128-843
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-843 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Rock Crystal | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Saint Carlo Borromeo |
| Description | Sommerville: Rock Crystal. Portrait of Carlo Borromeo, cut about the close of the fifteenth century, and pure gold mounting is also known to be of 1495 - about the time Columbus discovered America. Interesting specimen of work of that epoch. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case AAA. Vermeule: Rock crystal. Intaglio. (Gilt pendant setting and impression) Portrait of Carlo Borromeo (1538-1584). Sommerville says the gem was cut about the close of the fifteenth century and that the pure gold mounting is also known to be of 1495. Neo-Classic |
| Height | 5.6 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 843 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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