Gem
Ring
| Object Number: | 29-128-1861 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Italian |
| Provenience: | Italy |
| Manufacture Location: | Italy |
| Maker: | Santarelli |
| Period: | Post Classical |
| Date Made: | 1759-1823 |
| Early Date: | 1759 |
| Late Date: | 1823 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Sardonyx |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Iconography: | Heracles Lion Skin Signature |
| Height: | 1.4 cm |
| Width: | 2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 1861 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of the youthful Herakles facing to right. He wears the lionskin. The features are of the Neo-Classic ideal type. Signed "Santarelli."
Bibliography:
| [Book] Berges, Dietrich K. 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.. Rahden. Verlag Marie Leidorf GMbH. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 224, fig. 117, pl. 201 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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