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29-128-786

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-786
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Baroque Period
Date Made 1600-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Alabaster
Technique Cameo
Iconography Portrait
Description

Sommerville: Alabaster Gypsum. Incognito. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case VV.

Vermeule: Alabaster-Gypsum. Cameo. (Unmounted) Plaquette in high relief. Portrait of a Humaries (?) Italian, 17th or 18th century, Baroque style.

Height 4.5 cm
Width 5.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 786 - Sommerville Gem Number

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