Object Number | 29-128-680 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Jasper |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Antisthenes |
Description | Sommerville: Red Jasper. Antisthenes, a disciple of Socrates. Cameo with a hand. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case OO. Vermeule: Red Jasper. Cameo. (Unmounted). Portrait is identified by Sommerville as "Anthothenes, a disciple of Socrates" but the ancient prototype is an intaglio gem of the late Roman Repulic. Neo-Classic. |
Height | 3 cm |
Width | 2.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 680 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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