Object Number | 29-128-611 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Italy |
Period | Renaissance | Imperial Roman Period |
Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Atlas | Earth | City | Mountain |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Atlas bearing the Earth on his shoulders. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Atlas supporting the Heavens on shoulders. A city appears at left., a mountain at right. The composition recalls the well-known Hellenistic marble statue of Atlas in the Picture Gallery of the Naples Museum. Graeco-Roman. |
Height | 1.1 cm |
Width | 1.4 cm |
Depth | 0.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 611 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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