Object Number | 29-128-271 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1750-1799 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Marquis de Lafayette |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette, by one of the incisori of the close of the last century. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case P. Vermeule: Mediterranean. 1750-1799 Post Classical. Sardonyx Cameo. Sommerville identifies as the Marquis de LaFayette by a "incision" of the late 18th century. Wears an Austrian Napoleonic order. |
Height | 6.5 cm |
Width | 4.6 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 271 - Sommerville Number |
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