Gem
| Object Number: | 29-128-1358 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Post Classical |
| Date Made: | 1600-1699 |
| Early Date: | 1600 |
| Late Date: | 1699 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Chalcedony Onyx Gold |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Iconography: | Bacchus Dionysos Ariadne Eros Panther |
| Height: | 2.6 cm |
| Width: | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 1358 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Bacchus and Ariadne, Cupid, and Ariadne's partner. Miscellaneous Cameos, Case OOOO.
Vermeule: (Unmounted) Dionysos, Ariadne, Eros and a panther. Dionysos is seen discovering Ariadne who is seated in dejected attitude on the Island of Naxos.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Penn in the World: Twelve Decades at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (08 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2008) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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. 754, no. 1358, pl. 99 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1901. Engraved Gems.. Philadelphia. D. Biddle. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 81, p. 89-90 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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