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| 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: | 1.9cm |
| Width: | 2.9cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2559 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Pale sard of milky color. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped bust, probably Voltaire, to left.
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: p. 292, fig. 245, pl. 384 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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