Object Number | 29-128-214 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Ajax |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Ajax, son of Telemon, second only to Achilles in bravery. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. Bust termed that of Ajax left. This bust is copied after a famous marble bust in the Vatican Museum. The marble bust found in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli is actually a fragment from a statue group probably representing Menealos with the body of Patroklos. |
Length | 2.2 cm |
Width | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 214 - Sommerville Number |
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