Gem

Object Number:

29-128-93

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Mediterranean

Period:

Neoclassical

Date Made:

1700-1850 AD

Early Date:

1700

Late Date:

1850

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Egyptian Jasper

Technique:

Cameo

Iconography:

Caracalla

Description:

Bust of emperor Caracalla (AD 198-217) is represented in military costume. Cameo taken from portriats of emperor later in his righn such as well-known bust in Naples.

Height:

8.2cm

Width:

7.2cm

Credit Line:

Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville

Other Number:

93	-	Sommerville Number
614	-	Vermeule Number (Sommerville Gems)

Bibliography:

[Book] Berges, Dietrich. 2011. Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie. Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 282, Fig. 228, Pl. 359

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

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