Gem
Ring
| Object Number: | 29-128-2559 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | French |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location: | France |
| Maker: | Luigi Pichler |
| Period: | Post Classical |
| Date Made: | 1750-1799 |
| Early Date: | 1750 |
| Late Date: | 1799 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Sardonyx Gold |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Iconography: | Voltaire |
| Height: | 1.9 cm |
| Width: | 2.9 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 2559 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Vermeule: Pale sard (onyx) of milky color. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped bust, probably Voltaire, to left. French?, later 18th century.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Berges, Dietrich K. 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.. Rahden. Verlag Marie Leidorf GMbH. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 292, fig. 245, pl. 384 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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