Gem
| Object Number: | 29-128-626 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Italian |
| Provenience: | Italy (uncertain) |
| Manufacture Location: | Italy |
| Period: | Renaissance |
| Date Made: | 1400-1699 |
| Early Date: | 1400 |
| Late Date: | 1699 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Chalcedony |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Iconography: | Medici Lady |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 626 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Sommerville: Chalcedony. A lady of the Medici period with costume and hand. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK.
Vermeule: Cameo. Chalcedony [unmounted] Bust of a lady of the Italian 16th facing left. S terms her "A lady of the Medici period: 16th century
Bibliography:
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art.. Maxwell Sommerville. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 708, no. 626 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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